Publication information
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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 6986

Regional Lake Sediment and Water Geochemical Data, Nueltin Lake Area, Nunavut (NTS 65A, 65B and 65C)

M.W. McCurdy, R.J. McNeil, S.J.A. Day, and S.J. Pehrsson

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2012

doi:10.495/289888

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Recommended citation
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McCurdy, M.W., McNeil, R.J., Day, S.J.A., and Pehrsson, S.J., 2012. Regional    lake sediment and water geochemical data, Nueltin Lake Area, Nunavut (NTS 65A, 65B and 65C); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6986, 1 CD-ROM. doi:10.495/289888

Contents
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This is an 'Autoplay' CD-ROM for Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP.  Inserting the CD into your CD-ROM drive will automatically launch the interface.  If the interface does not launch, navigate to the root directory of the CD-ROM and double-click on ‘Autorun.exe.’

Directory structure:

Files on the root directory of this CD-ROM are listed below:

	Data Files	-	- Geochemical data for GSC Open File 6986

	APPENDIX 1 GSC OF 6986 DATA.xls

	Worksheet				Contents
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	Field Data				site specific field observations including 						sample coordinates
	
Original 1976 Data		AAS and specific methods analytical data for 						silt and water samples
	
Reanalysis ICP Data		ICP-MS/ES analytical data for silt samples
	
Reanalysis INAA Data		INAA analytical data for silt samples

APPENDIX 2 GSC OF 6986 QUALITY CONTROL.xls

	Worksheet			Contents
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Trueness	Compares accepted values for two international reference standards with results from analysis of Nueltin Lake samples
		
Accuracy	Estimates repeatability using results from analyses of two internal standards
		
BD Precision	Provides an estimate of precision using analytical duplicate pairs
		
ANOVA (FD)	Simple pair ANOVA estimates proportion of total variability due to each of sampling and analysis
		
ANOVA (Triples)	Provides an estimate of analytical variation between sites, at sites and between analyses
		
Control Reference Data	Analytical data used to estimate ‘trueness’ and accuracy
		
Analytical Duplicate Data	Analytical data used to estimate precision
		
Field Duplicate Data	Field duplicate data
		
Triples Data	Triplicate sets used to estimate sampling and analytical variation

GSC OF 6986 sample sites.kml	Keyhole Markup Language geospatial data files for Google Earth
	
GSC OF 6986 sample sites.kmz	compressed (zipped) KML geospatial data file for Google Earth

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Author contact information
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Martin McCurdy
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth St.
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0E8
Tel. 613-995-4430
Fax. 613-943-1286
E-mail: Martin.McCurdy@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca

Rick McNeil
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth St.
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0E8
Tel. 613-995-7356
Fax. 613-943-1286
E-Mail: RickJ.McNeil@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca

Stephen Day
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth St.
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0E8
Tel. 613-995-4950
Fax. 613-943-1286
E-mail: Stephen.Day@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca

Sally Pehrsson
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth St.
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0E8
Tel. 613-943-8883
Fax. 613-943-5318
E-mail: Sally.Pehrsson@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca

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