Till Nunavut 1985

Till sampling survey, NTS 47A,B,C,D, northern Melville Peninsula, Nunavut in 1985, 1986 and 1988.  


Geological Survey of Canada, Terrain Sciences Division

Survey Description

More than 500 samples collected on northern Melville Peninsula in 1985, 1986, and 1988. Data are published in GSC Bulletin 484 and GSC Open File 3637.

Data Description: Paper report with data lists.

Quantities Analysed: <0.002 mm fraction by ICP-AES after aqua regia digestion for 33 elements.

Geochem Plots Available: Proportional symbol maps showing dispersal of selected elements.

Other Analyses: Grain-size (<2 mm), % carbonate of pebble, sand, silt/clay, and matrix fractions.



Publication History

Dredge, L.A. (1995). Quaternary geology of northern Melville Peninsula, District of Franklin, Northwest Territories: surface deposits, glacial history, environmental geology, till geochemistry. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 484.

Dredge, L.A. (1999). Surface materials and till geochemistry, northern Melville Peninsula, Northwest Territories (Nunavut). In D.G. Richardson, North Baffin Partnership Project, Northwest Territories; Summary of Investigations, Geological Survey of Canada Open File 3637, p. 23-41.


Project History

1985-1995 Northern Melville Peninsula till sampling survey carried out in 1985, 1986 and 1988.
  This project involves systematic mapping of the northern Melville Peninsula to determine the distribution and physical characteristics of surface materials in order to interpret glacial and postglacial history of the region. The study provides information relevant to land management, environmental studies, drift prospecting and Quaternary studies. Data are published in GSC Bulletin 484 and GSC Open File 3637.



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

68º

70º -86º -81º