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Surficial geology, Walker Lake south, Nunavut, NTS 56-J south / [authors, L.A. Dredge, J.E. Campbell, and I. McMartin].: M183-1/151-2013E-PDF

"Much of the Walker Lake South map area is covered by streamlined till plains with shallow glacially-eroded basins; however the southeast is dominated by a bedrock highland. Striae and streamlined landforms in till indicate initial north-northeast then persistent northwestward ice flow during the last glaciation, although late-glacial flow reversals occurred to the south and east down glacial troughs in the bedrock highland. Weathered bedrock and regotill indicate areas of cold-based ice conditions and combined with the hummocky till, delineate the presence of late-ice remnants in highlands. Large subglacial corridors containing eskers and other ice-contact deposits carried meltwater northward into the Arctic Ocean. South of the regional drainage divide, short-lived glacial lakes, marked by wave-cut notches and boulder lags on the till surface, developed as the ice front receded southwards into the upland south of the Ford Lake-Wager Bay lowlands. The marine limit ranges from 100–110 m a.s.l. in this area"--Abstract.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Natural Resources Canada.
  • Geological Survey of Canada.
TitleSurficial geology, Walker Lake south, Nunavut, NTS 56-J south / [authors, L.A. Dredge, J.E. Campbell, and I. McMartin].
Series title
  • Canadian geoscience map ; 151
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Later editionSurficial geology, Walker Lake south, Nunavut, NTS 56-J south
FormatDigital map
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • This record only includes the map and the “Map information document” in PDF, the complete data set with all the files in various formats is available for free download at http://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/
  • Includes bibliographical references.
  • Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Natural Resources Canada, c2015.
Author / Contributor
  • Dredge, L. A.
  • Campbell, Janet E. M., 1963-
  • McMartin, Isabelle, 1964-
Description1 map : col. + 1 map information document ([8] p.).
ISBN978-1-100-22369-8
Catalogue number
  • M183-1/151-2013E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number297243
Edition
  • Preliminary version
Cartographic dataScale 1:100 000 ; Universal Transverse Mercator, zone 15 (W 90°00’--W 92°05'/N 66°00'--N 66°30’)
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