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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 8300

Geochemistry of surficial sediment cores, Dundas buried valley area, southwestern Ontario
D.A.J. Stepner, R.D. Knight, A.F. Bajc, and H.A.J. Russell

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 2018

Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.4095/311182

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Stepner, D.A.J., Knight, R.D., Bajc, A.F., and Russell, H.A.J., 2018. Geochemistry of surficial sediment cores, Dundas buried valley area, southwestern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8300, 1 .zip file. https://doi.org/10.4095/311182

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Contents

The objective of this Open File is to publish geochemical analyses and associated QA-QC data for 235 samples retrieved from 3 boreholes drilled in the Dundas buried bedrock valley area, located west and south of Waterloo, Ontario. Data were collected using a portable X-Ray fluorescence spectrometer. The pXRF data are interpreted using single element trends from the base to the top of the boreholes. Results are presented numerically and graphically in Appendix A.

Directory structure

of_3800_readme.rtf
of_8300.pdf

Appendix A 

pXRF Spectrometry column headings
Microsoft Word® file defining the column headings used in the .xlsx and .csv files.

DV-05 pXRF data – borehole subfolder
DV-05 – Combined pXRF data.xlsx 
The Microsoft Excel® workbook contains two worksheets with data for sample analyses from the DV-05 borehole and standard reference materials used for data quality control. The first worksheet is for data collected in Soil Mode and the second is for data collected in Mining Mode.

DV-05 – OGS Grain Size.xlsx
The Microsoft Excel® workbook contains grain size data for sand, silt, and clay used to construct the grain size graphs displayed on the Dundas Valley - Chemostratigraphy .pdf file.

		DV-05 - pXRF Data - Mining Mode.csv
The comma separated values file contains data for sample analyses from the DV-05 borehole and standard reference materials used for data quality control in Mining Mode.

DV-05 - pXRF Data - Soil Mode.csv
The comma separated values file contains data for sample analyses from the DV-05  borehole and standard reference materials used for data quality control in Soil Mode.

DV-06 pXRF data – borehole subfolder
DV-06 – Combined pXRF data.xlsx
The Microsoft Excel® workbook contains two worksheets with data for sample analyses from the DV-06 borehole and standard reference materials used for data quality control. The first worksheet is for data collected in Soil Mode and the second is for data collected in Mining Mode.

DV-06 – OGS Grain Size.xlsx
The Microsoft Excel® workbook contains grain size data for sand, silt, and clay used to construct the grain size graphs displayed on the Dundas Valley - Chemostratigraphy .pdf file.

		DV-06 - pXRF Data - Mining Mode.csv
The comma separated values file contains data for sample analyses from the DV-06 borehole and standard reference materials used for data quality control in Mining Mode.

DV-06 - pXRF Data - Soil Mode.csv
The comma separated values file contains data for sample analyses from the DV-06 borehole and standard reference materials used for data quality control in Soil Mode.

DV-08 pXRF data – borehole subfolder
DV-08 – Combined pXRF data.xlsx
The Microsoft Excel® workbook contains two worksheets with data for sample analyses from the DV-08 borehole and standard reference materials used for data quality control. The first worksheet is for data collected in Soil Mode and the second is for data collected in Mining Mode.

DV-08 – OGS Grain Size.xlsx
The Microsoft Excel® workbook contains grain size data for sand, silt, and clay used to construct the grain size graphs displayed on the Dundas Valley - Chemostratigraphy .pdf file.

		DV-08 - pXRF Data - Mining Mode.csv
The comma separated values file contains data for sample analyses from the DV-08 borehole and standard reference materials used for data quality control in Mining Mode.

DV-08 - pXRF Data - Soil Mode.csv
The comma separated values file contains data for sample analyses from the DV-08 borehole and standard reference materials used for data quality control in Soil Mode.

Appendix B 

Dundas Valley - Chemostratigraphy
The Adobe Acrobat® .pdf file graphically displays stratigraphic lithologies, grain size and chemostratigraphic pXRF data.

DV_05 OGS Graphic Log 
The Adobe Acrobat® .pdf file graphically displays stratigraphic lithologies, summary of the written log, grain size, total carbonate, Ca/Do Ratio, and Recovery % obtained from the OGS publication Marich et al., 2011. 

DV_06 OGS Graphic Log 
The Adobe Acrobat® .pdf file graphically displays stratigraphic lithologies, summary of the written log, grain size, total carbonate, Ca/Do Ratio, and Recovery % obtained from the OGS publication Marich et al., 2011. 

DV_08 OGS Graphic Log 
The Adobe Acrobat® .pdf file graphically displays stratigraphic lithologies, summary of the written log, grain size, total carbonate, Ca/Do Ratio, and Recovery % obtained from the OGS publication Marich et al., 2011. 

Author contact information

R. Knight (ross.knight@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E8

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