Soil, Till New Brunswick 1998

Till sampling survey, NTS 21O, north central New Brunswick, 1998-1999.  


New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources

Survey Description

A total of 171 till and humus samples were collected in the Atholville-Charlo area of north central New Brunswick in 1998 and 1999. An additional 157 archived samples from previous surveys (NBDNR Geological Notes Series PM 86-216 and 88-10; GSC Open File 2236) were re-analysed. The data are published in New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Open File 2002-9.

Data Description: Paper copy; data lists on diskette.

Quantities Analysed: <0.063 mm fraction of till and <0.177 mm fraction of humus by AAS after aqua regia for 12 elements and by INAA for 27 elements.

Geochem Plots Available: Contoured maps show dispersal of selected clasts and elements.

Other Analyses: Grain size (<2 mm); pebble lithologies (2-10 cm).



Publication History

Dickson, M.L. (2002). Drift prospecting and Quaternary geology in the Atholville and Charlo map areas, northern New Brunswick. (NTS 21 O/15, 16. New Brunswick Dept of Natural Resources Open File 2002-9, 171p.


Project History

1998-2002 North central New Brunswick till and soil sampling survey carried out in 1998-1999.
  Till and humus samples were collected in the Atholville-Charlo map area in north central New Brunswick in 1998-1999. One objective of the study was to determine the effectiveness of humus, relative to till, as a sampling medium for delineating geochemical dispersal patterns. The data are published in New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Open File 2002-9. The dataset also includes reanalyses of till samples from previous surveys already published in N.B. Geological Notes Series P.M. 86-216 and 88-10 as well as GSC OF 2236).



Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude

47.73º

48º -66.75º -66.25º