Till | Alberta | 1953 |
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Multi-year till sampling surveys, province of Alberta, 1953-1968. |
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Survey Description Approximately 475 till samples were collected from over 65% of the province of Alberta during 1958-1963. Sampling was carried out over areas covered by the continental Keewatin ice sheet. The unsampled areas were covered by drift from the Rocky Mountains (i.e. along southwestern margin of the province), were difficult to access or were covered by deposits other than till as in northern Alberta where large areas are covered by lacustrine sediments. Some samples were collected by Alberta Soil Survey staff during the course of their fieldwork. The data are published in Research Council of Alberta Bulletin 26. Data Description: Paper report. Quantities Analysed: Fraction not stated; analyses of Cu, B, and Cu by a rapid powder-spark technique, using an emission spectrograph. Fe, Mn, and Ca by XRF; Zn and Mo by a DC arc rack-up technique. Geochem Plots Available: Contour plots show dispersal of selected elements in till. Other Analyses: Inorganic carbon by LECO. Clay minerals by X-ray diffraction with follow-up chemical analysis on selected samples; light mineral analysis (S.G. <2.75); carbonate; pH. |
Publication History Pawluk, S., Bayrock, L.A. (1969). Some characteristics and physical properties of Alberta tills. Research Council of Alberta Bulletin 26, 72 p. |
Project History 1953-1969 Alberta till sampling surveys, carried out between 1958 and 1963. |
Minimum Latitude | Maximum Latitude | Minimum Longitude | Maximum Longitude |
49º |
60º | -120º | -110º |