Till Newfoundland and Labrador 1982

Till sampling survey, NTS 12A/15, central Newfoundland, 1982.  


Department of Natural Resources, Newfoundland and Labrador, Mines and Energy Branch, Geological Survey

Survey Description

Till sampling was carried out in 1982 in the Buchans map area, central Newfoundland. The data are published in Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy Open File 12A/0396.

Data Description: Paper report and maps.

Quantities Analysed: <0.063 mm fraction analyzed by AAS for 9 elements, using 3 different digestions depending on the element.

Geochem Plots Available: Maps 84-69 to 84-76 (proportional symbols) show the dispersal of selected elements in till.

Other Analyses: Pebble lithologies.



Publication History

Sparkes, B.G. (1987). Glacial geology and till geochemistry of the Buchans map area, Newfoundland (NTS 12A/15). Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy Newfoundland 12A/0396.


Project History

1982-1987 Central Newfoundland till sampling surveys carried out in 1982.
  As part of a Quaternary mapping program in central Newfoundland, till samples were collected in the Buchans map area in 1982. The data are published in Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy Open File 12A/0396.



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

48.75º

49º -57º -56.5º