Till Northwest Territories, Nunavut 1982

Till sampling survey, Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Nunavut and Northwest Territories, 1982, 1983 and 1987.  


Geological Survey of Canada, Terrain Sciences Division

Survey Description

Approximately 200 till samples were collected on the Wollaston Peninsula, southwest Victoria Island in 1983, 1983 and 1987. The data are published in GSC Memoir 434.

Data Description: Paper report.

Quantities Analysed: <0.002 mm fraction by AAS after nitric-aqua regia for 7 elements; by fluorometric method for U and by colorimetric method for As.

Geochem Plots Available: Contour maps show the dispersal of elements.

Other Analyses: Grain size (<2 mm); carbonate (<0.063 mm by LECO); heavy mineral concentrate for point counts.



Publication History

Sharpe, D.R. (1992). Quaternary geology of the Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 434.


Project History

1982-1992 Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island till sampling survey carried out in 1982, 1983 and 1987.
  The Quaternary geology of Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Nunavut and Northwest Territories was studied by the Geological Survey of Canada in the early 1980s to gather terrain information to aid future economic activity, including exploration for oil and gas on northern islands. The project studied the landforms and surficial materials, permafrost conditions and included geochemistry of tills. The data are published in GSC Memoir 434.



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

68.5º

70.5º -118º -112º