Surficial geology, Reliance, Northwest Territories, NTS 75-K / [by] D.E. Kerr ... [et al.].: M183-1/138-2013E-PDF

"The Reliance map area is characterized by three main elements based on distribution and nature of surficial sediments. The northeast and southeast map areas have a greater cover of fluted and drumlinized till blanket, with some transitional till veneer. Throughout the rest of the map sheet, extensive areas of bedrock predominate, with minor isolated deposits of till. The Lockhart and Snowdrift river valleys are predominantly infilled by meandering alluvial and terraced glaciofluvial sediments, some with active dunes. In these valleys, terraces and outwash plains occur at various elevations, including 230 m, 245 m, 260 m, 305 m, and 320 m a.s.l. Some may be related to glacial Lake McConnell, as are raised beaches at 335 m a.s.l. in McLeod Bay. Glaciofluvial corridors, of various magnitudes, consisting of eskers, ice-contact sediments, and scoured bedrock, trend generally southwestward to westward across the map area. Isolated glaciolacustrine deltas record local ponding of glacial meltwater. The last dominant ice flow varied from southwestward to westward"--Abstract.

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Department/Agency Canada. Natural Resources Canada.
Geological Survey of Canada.
Title Surficial geology, Reliance, Northwest Territories, NTS 75-K / [by] D.E. Kerr ... [et al.].
Series title Canadian geoscience map ; 138
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Includes bibliographical references.
Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information Ottawa : Natural Resources Canada, c2014.
Author / Contributor Kerr, Daniel Ernest, 1961-
Description 1 map : col.
ISBN 978-1-100-22082-6
Catalogue number
  • M183-1/138-2013E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number 293424
Edition Preliminary version
Cartographic data Scale 1:125,000
Subject terms Geological maps
Geomorphology
Surficial geology
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