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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 8913

Chemostratigraphic logging of the Lower Ordovician and Precambrian, Bells Corners Borehole Calibration Facility, Ottawa, Ontario

L.C. Olson, R.D. Knight, H.L. Crow, and H.A.J. Russell

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 2022

Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.4095/330519

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Olson, L.C., Knight, R.D., Crow, H.L., and Russell, H.A.J., 2022. Chemostratigraphic logging of the 
      Lower Ordovician and Precambrian, Bells Corners Borehole Calibration Facility, Ottawa, Ontario; 
      Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8913, 1 .zip file. https://doi.org/10.4095/330519

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Contents

Open File 8913 documents geochemistry data collected from rock core acquired from borehole BC81-2 at the Geological Survey of Canada’s Geophysical Calibration Facility located in Bells Corners, Ottawa, Ontario. The datasets include elemental concentrations collected by pXRF spectrometry and laboratory data collected using Lithium Borate Fusion and Multi Acid methods followed by ICP-MS/ES. The Open File contains images of core samples, Excel® Workbooks with multiple worksheets containing geochemical data and graphical representations of the data.  

Directory structure

of_8913_readme.rtf (this file)
of_8913.pdf (report)
Appendix A (folder)
-	BC81-2-Borehole_Samples_pXRF_data.xlsx: Excel® Workbook with six worksheets.
-	BC81-2-Laboratory_Samples_Fusion_Multi-acid_data.xlsx: Excel® Workbook with one worksheet.
-	BC81-2-Laboratory_Samples_pXRF_data xlsx: Excel® Workbook with six worksheets.
-	pXRF_Spectrometry_Column_Headings.docx: a Microsoft Word® document containing column headings for the pXRF data.

Appendix B (folder)
-	pXRF_vs_Fusion_Multi-acid methods.pdf: a series of scatterplots comparing pXRF data to fusion and multi-acid methods.
	
Appendix C (folder)
-	Chemostratigraphic logs.pdf: a graphical representation of borehole lithology, elemental chemostratigraphic data and geophysical logs for density, resistivity, and gamma.

Appendix D (folder)
-	Core_Sample_Photographs.pdf: contains images and information of core samples that were analysed by both pXRF and laboratory methods.

Author contact information

R.D. Knight (ross.knight@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E8

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