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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 8713

Ground ice map of Canada

Version 1

H.B. O’Neill, S.A. Wolfe, and C. Duchesne

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 2020

Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.4095/326885

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Recommended citation

O’Neill, H.B., Wolfe, S.A., and Duchesne, C. 2020. Ground ice map of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8713, ver. 1, 1 .zip file. https://doi.org/10.4095/326885 

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Contents

This Open File contains a report and mapping on modelled ground ice abundance in Canada at a national scale. Associated geospatial and graphics files are included.

Directory structure

of_8713_v1_readme.rtf (this file)
of_8713_v1.pdf  (report)
1_The Ground ice map of Canada_v1.pdf – Wall map/poster
2_Ground_ice_abundance.zip – Geospatial files (Geotiff) for Ground ice map of Canada ice abundance
3_relict_ice.zip – Geospatial files (Geotiff) for relict ice abundance from O’Neill et al. (2019)
4_segregated_ice.zip – Geospatial files (Geotiff) for segregated ice abundance from O’Neill et al. (2019) 
5_wedge_ice.zip – Geospatial files (Geotiff) for wedge ice abundance from O’Neill et al. (2019)
6_modified_surf_mat.zip – Geospatial files (Geotiff) for surficial materials from O’Neill et al. (2019)
7_PF_zones_lines.zip – Geospatial files (Shapefile) for permafrost zones in Canada (modified from Heginbottom et al. (1995))
8_Marine_inundation.zip – Geospatial files (Geotiff) for maximum marine inundation limit from the Glacial Map of Canada (Prest et al., 1968), clipped to permafrost zones, indicating areas with potentially saline permafrost.
9_Ground ice map simple.png – Simplified Ground ice map of Canada with legend
10_Ground ice map simple_saline.png – Simplified Ground ice map of Canada indicating maximum marine inundation limit and areas with potentially saline permafrost.
11_Ground ice map simple.svg – Scalable vector graphics file of mapping optimized for editing in illustration/graphics software.
(see report for references)

Author contact information

H.B. O’Neill (hughbrendan.oneill@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E9

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