Reconnaissance surficial geology, Jervoise River, Nunavut, NTS 66-E, north half / [by] D.A St-Onge and D.E. Kerr ; cartography by F. Fortin.: M183-1/131-2013E-PDF

"Preliminary surficial geology studies, through aerial photograph interpretation and limited legacy data, were undertaken in the north half of the Jervoise River map area to provide an improved understanding of distribution and nature of surficial sediments, and regional glacial history. Widespread till veneer, hummocky till and streamlined till are common across the map area. Some areas of till are dissected by north-northwestward to northward trending glaciofluvial corridors consisting of eskers, ice-contact sediments, outwash plains, and locally zones of scoured bedrock. Small isolated glacial lakes were formed by ponding of meltwater, and their sediments are now characterized by thermokarst terrain. In the central area, a discontinuous moraine complex, consisting of glaciofluvial ridged sediments, ice-contact outwash plains and till ridges, forms part of the western segment of a major end moraine system referred to as the MacAlpine Moraine. Drumlins and crag-and-tails record a regional north-northwestward ice flow during the last glaciation. Rivers have reworked and deposited extensive alluvial sediments"--Abstract.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Natural Resources Canada.
Geological Survey of Canada.
Title Reconnaissance surficial geology, Jervoise River, Nunavut, NTS 66-E, north half / [by] D.A St-Onge and D.E. Kerr ; cartography by F. Fortin.
Series title Canadian geoscience map ; No. 131
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Includes a legend.
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information Ottawa : Natural Resources Canada, c2013.
Author / Contributor St-Onge, Denis A. (Denis Alderic), 1929-
Fortin, F. (François)
Kerr, Daniel Ernest, 1961-
Description 1 map : col.
ISBN 978-1-100-22027-7
Catalogue number
  • M183-1/131-2013E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number 292429
Edition Preliminary version
Cartographic data Scale 1:125,000
Subject terms Geological maps
Rivers
Surficial geology
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