Publication information

Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 7881

Geophysical, geotechnical, geochemical, and mineralogical data sets collected in Champlain Sea sediments in the Municipality of Pontiac, Quebec

H. Crow, S. Alpay, M.J. Hinton, R.D. Knight, G.A. Oldenborger, J.B. Percival, A.J.-M. Pugin, P. Pelchat

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 2017

doi:10.4095/301664

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

Recommended citation

Crow, H., Alpay, S., Hinton, M.J., Knight, R.D., Oldenborger, G.A., Percival, J.B., Pugin, A.J.-M., and Pelchat, P., 2017. Geophysical, geotechnical, geochemical, and mineralogical data sets collected in Champlain Sea sediments in the Municipality of Pontiac, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7881, 1 .zip file  doi:10.4095/301664

System requirements

PC with 486 or greater processor, or Mac® with OS® X v. 10.2.2 or later; Adobe® Reader® v. 6.0 or later; video resolution of 1280 x 1024.

Trademarks

Adobe®, Acrobat®, and Reader® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.

Contents

GSC studies were undertaken at a site in western Quebec (Breckenridge Creek, Municipality of Pontiac) to investigate the geophysical, geotechnical, and geochemical properties of Champlain Sea sediments, and the shape of the bedrock basin underlying them.  The purpose of the multidisciplinary approach was to gain a better understanding of how these materials might respond to earthquake shaking, allowing for the development of a well-studied test site where future earthquake monitoring could be conducted.  

This open file documents the field testing, drilling, sampling, and ensuing laboratory work conducted by the GSC between 2010 and 2017 at Breckenridge Creek.  Data sets are presented in two digital appendices. 

Directory structure

of_7881.pdf (report)
of_7881_readme.rtf
of_7881_Appendix A_Field work: Digital Appendix A – Field work 
		A-1 	Microtremor Results
		A-2 	Seismic Reflection Profiling
		A-3 	Downhole geophysical logging
		A-4 	Electrical Resistivity Imaging

of_7881_Appendix B_Laboratory Work: Digital Appendix B – Laboratory Work
		B-1 	Core logs and photographs
		B-2 	Mineralogy report
		B-3 	pXRF data

Author contact information

Heather Crow
Geological Survey of Canada
186-601 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E8

Availability information

This publication is available for free download through GEOSCAN (http://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/).

Terms of use

Information contained in this publication or product may be reproduced, in part or in whole, and by any means, for personal or public non-commercial purposes, without charge or further permission, unless otherwise specified.
You are asked to:
•	exercise due diligence in ensuring the accuracy of the materials reproduced;
•	indicate the complete title of the materials reproduced, and the name of the author organization; and
•	indicate that the reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and that the reproduction has not been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of, NRCan.
Commercial reproduction and distribution is prohibited except with written permission from NRCan. For more information, contact NRCan at nrcan.copyrightdroitdauteur.rncan@canada.ca.

Terms of use for data

View the licence agreement for data at http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada