Project Metadata

Rogers, P.J.; Bingley, J.M.; Richardson, G.G.; Macdonald, M.A.

1977-1984

Nova Scotia regional lake sediment surveys project, 1977-1984

Nova Scotia Geoscience and Mines Branch

Project Description

In order to complement stream sediment surveys carried out in northern Nova Scotia, regional lake sediment surveys were undertaken as detailed below:

 

Year Region
1977 + 1978 southern mainland Nova Scotia
1983 eastern Cape Breton Island
1984 Re-analysis of ~3000 archived samples from 1977-1978 survey

 

Details of these surveys and related publications can be found in Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy Open File Report 90-017.

Survey History

Index Survey
1 Lake sediment survey, NTS 11D, E, F, 20O, P, 21A, B, H, mainland Nova Scotia, 1977-1978. ( more)
2 Lake sediment and water survey, NTS 11F, G, J, K, eastern Cape Breton Island, 1983. ( more)

Project Funding

Over the duration of the project (1977-1983), funding was provided by a variety of federal programs in cooperation with the Nova Scotia provincial government:

  • Cooperation agreement between Canada Department of Regional Economic Expansion (DREE) and Nova Scotia Department of Mines
  • Canada-Nova Scotia Cooperative Mineral Program
  • Canada-Nova Scotia Mineral Development Agreement (MDA)

 

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