Till Quebec 1982

Till sampling survey, NTS 31F,G,J,K,N,O, southwestern Quebec, 1982.  


Geological Survey of Canada, Terrain Sciences Division

Survey Description

Samples (mostly till but also glaciomarine sediments) were collected in southwestern Quebec in 1982. The data are published in GSC Open File 1899. These data were also released as part of a big Ontario-Quebec summary and interpretation in GSC Bulletin 463.

Data Description: Paper report.

Quantities Analysed: <0.002 mm fraction by AAS after HNO3-HCl leach for 12 elements, by fluorometric method for U and by colorimetric method for As.

Other Analyses: Grain-size (<2 mm fraction); carbonate (<0.063 mm fraction by LECO).



Publication History

Kettles, I.M. (1988). Reconnaissance geochemical data for till and other surficial sediments, Gatineau and surrounding areas, southwestern Quebec: Applications to acid rain research and mineral exploration. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 1899.

Kettles, I.M., Shilts, W.W. (1994). Composition of glacial sediments in Canadian Shield terrane, southeastern Ontario and southwestern Quebec: applications to acid rain research and mineral exploration. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 463.


Project History

1982-1988 Southwestern Quebec till sampling survey carried out in 1982.
  A program of systematic overburden sampling was initiated in the Gatineau, Quebec region in 1982. It was a continuation of similar work carried out in adjoining parts of southeastern Ontario. The project was designed to quantify regional variation in drift composition in order to provide baseline data for use in assessing the sensitivity of the terrain to the effects of acid rain. Much of the information obtained from the study can also be used as an aid to mineral exploration in the area. The data are published in GSC Open File 1899 and as part of a big Ontario-Quebec summary and interpretation in GSC Bulletin 463.



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

45.85º

47.33º -77.2º -75.25º