Publication information
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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 7061

An updated assessment of ground ice and permafrost geology-related observations based on seismic shothole drillers’ log records, Northwest Territories and northern Yukon.

Smith, I.R. and Lesk-Winfield, K.

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2012

doi:10.4095/290974

Publications in this series have not been edited; they are released as submitted by the author.

Recommended citation
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Smith, I.R. and Lesk-Winfield, K., 2012. An updated assessment of ground ice and permafrost geology-related observations based on seismic shothole drillers’ log records, Northwest Territories and northern Yukon. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7061, 1 DVD. doi:10.4095/290974

Contents
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This Open file publication utilizes seismic shothole drillers’ litholog records to document ground ice and massive ice thickness and extents in Northwest Territories and northern Yukon. It also provides estimates of permafrost thickness in areas of thin extensive and sporadic discontinuous permafrost, identification of unfrozen sediments (non-ice-bonded permafrost and existing/relic taliks) at depth in areas of thick permafrost cover, and depths of surface thaw in offshore Mackenzie Delta sediments.

Directory structure:

\            	  - Contains the English version of this readme file  (readme.rtf); a file containing an 	end-user agreement in English for digital data (licence_agreement_e.rtf); a Published Map File (PMF); and an ArcMap GIS Project File (MXD).
\apps               - Contains ESRI® ArcReader™ v. 10 for Windows® software (see below for information on installation).
  \documentation    - Contains license agreement for ESRI® ArcReader™ v. 10 in pdf file format 
\data		    - Data files designed for GIS analysis and querying.
  \gis		    - Contains data file designed for GIS analysis and querying.  
   \DEM         -Directory for ERDAS ER Mapper Compress Wavelet file (.ecw), Digital Elevation Model  
   \shp            - Directory for shapefile format.
       \ITH_RouteOptions    -Shapefiles of various proposed Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk all-weather highway routes   
\doc                - Contains documents in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and AdobeAcrobat (pdf) format.
  \html             - Directory for HTML format files.
    \images         - Contains images for HTML files.
  \pdf              - Directory for pdf format files.
\meta               - Contains metadata in 'FGDC classic' format.

Applications Directory (\apps)
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Contains installation file for ArcReader™.

The installation file for ArcReader™ v 10.0 for Windows® was downloaded from http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcreader/download.html. Please visit this web site for system requirements, documentation and user guides. 
 
Installation of ArcReader™ under Windows® requires administrator privileges.
During installation, files are put in the TEMP directory. A TEMP environment variable must be set and the TEMP directory should be writable. 
 
To install ArcReader™, run or double-click on the file "setup.exe" and follow the instructions of the installation wizard.
 
To get started quickly in viewing the digital data using ArcReader™, copy the contents of the entire DVD to your root C drive (C:\); then double-click on the file OF7061.pmf.

Data Directory (\data)
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Contains data in shapefile format for the GIS data files. The GIS map feature class names and attributes are explained in the \doc\html\METHODOLOGY.HTM file on this DVD.

Contains a digital elevation model (DEM) in ERDAS ER Mapper Compress Wavelet (.ecw) format.

Document Directory (\doc)
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Contains documents discussing the project objectives, methodologies, metadata, and interpretation of the seismic shothole drillers' log records presented in HTML and PDF formats.

System Requirements
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PC with 486 or greater processor operating Windows® 95/98/200/XP or later, or Mac® with OS® X v. 10.2.2 or later; Adobe® Reader® v.7 or later; ESRI® ArcReader™ v. 10 for Windows® (included); video resolution of 1280 x 1024.

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Quick Start
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This is an Autoplay DVD which opens an introductory Windows® form. If the DVD fails to start, use any HTML browser to open the file 'INTRODUCTION.HTM' in the \doc\html folder.

Author contact information
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Dr. I. Rod Smith (rodsmith@NRCan.gc.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
3303-33rd Street N.W.
Calgary, Alberta
T2L 2A7

Availability information
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This publication is available from the Geological Survey of Canada Bookstore (locations listed below). It can also be downloaded free of charge from GeoPub (http://geopub.nrcan.gc.ca/).

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