Publication information

Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 7464

Diabase dyke swarms of Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon, Canada

Kenneth L. Buchan and Richard E. Ernst

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2013

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

Recommended citation

Buchan, K.L. and Ernst, R.E., 2013. Diabase dyke swarms of Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon, Canada; Geological Survey of
Canada, Open File 7464. doi:10.4095/293149

Directory structure and contents of the open file

Readme.rtf
Licence_agreement_e.rtf
Shape Files Dykes
----Dykes from aeromagnetics
----Dykes from geology
----Dykes at 1 to 3 M scale (dykes combined and simplified)
----Small swarm data
Shape Files Background
----Rivers (from Geogratis) 
----Lakes and coastlines (from Geogratis)
----Provinces (provinces, territories and coastlines from GSC OF 6190)
----Lat Long at 1 degree (latitude - longitude grid)
----Geology boundaries (major geological boundaries)
----Canada Greenland boundary
----Box (outline of map area)
OF 7464 data.mxd
OF 7464 BOOKLET (in pdf format)
OF 7464 MAP (1:3 000 000 scale map in pdf format)

Note: “Dykes at 1 to 3 M scale”  shows dykes combined from “Dykes from aeromagnetics” and “Dykes from geology”, and then simplified to a 1:3 000 000 scale.

Projection information

Projected Coordinate System: Canada_Lambert_Conformal_Conic
Projection: Lambert_Conformal_Conic
False_Easting: 0.00000000
False_Northing: 0.00000000
Central_Meridian: -96.00000000
Standard_Parallel_1: 50.00000000
Standard_Parallel_2: 70.00000000
Latitude_Of_Origin: 40.00000000
Linear Unit: Meter

Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_North_American_1983
Datum: D_North_American_1983
Prime Meridian: Greenwich
Angular Unit: Degree

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Author contact information

Kenneth L. Buchan, Kenneth.Buchan@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0E8

Publication availability

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