Till Northwest Territories 1974

Till sampling survey, Banks Island, Northwest Territories, 1974-1975.  


Geological Survey of Canada, Terrain Sciences Division

Survey Description

More than 140 till samples were collected on Banks Island in 1974 and 1975. The data are published in GSC Memoir 405.

Data Description: Paper report.

Quantities Analysed: Fraction not stated - (OES) - Al, Ba, Cr, Ga, Mn, Sc, Sr, Ti, V, Zn, Zr, Mg, Ni, Ca.

Other Analyses: Grain-size (<2 mm); carbonate (Chittick), Agterberg limits, pH, clay mineral contents; % magnetite and % non-magnetite heavy mineral content.



Publication History

Vincent, J.-S. (1983). La géologie du Quaternaire et la géomorphologie de L'ile Banks, Arctique Canadien. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 405, 118 p.


Project History

1974-1983 Banks Island, Northwest Territories till sampling survey carried out in 1974-1975.
  Till sampling was carried out in 1974-1975 to help study the Quaternary geology and geomorphology of Banks Island, Northwest Territories. The data are published in GSC Memoir 405.



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

71º

74.5º -125º -115.5º