Survey Metadata

Till

Ontario, Quebec

1983

Till and clay sampling survey, Timiskaming region, Ontario and Quebec, 1983-1989.





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Survey Description


380 till samples and 200 glaciolacustrine clay samples collected between 1983-1989 in the Timiskaming area of Ontario and Quebec.  The data are published in GSC Bulletin 476.

Data Description:

Paper report.

Quantities Analysed:

<0.002 mm fraction by AAS after HNO 3-HCl digestion for 14 elements, by colorimetric method for As, by fluorometric method for U, and by CV-AAS after HNO 3-H 2SO 4-HCl-KMnO 4 for Hg.

Geochem Maps Available:

Proportional symbol maps show the distribution of elements.

Other Analyses:

Grain size; carbonate (<0.063 mm by LECO); Agterberg limits.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Veillette, J.J. (1996). Géomorphologie et géologie du Quaternaire du Témiscamingue, Québec et Ontario. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 476, 269 p. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1983-1996 Timiskaming area, Ontario-Quebec till and clay sampling survey, 1983-1989 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
46.5° 48° -80° -77°

The geographic extent of the survey is defined by the following polygons:

  • Covers NTS 31M and parts of 31N and 31L in the Timiskaming area of Ontario and Quebec.

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