Survey Metadata

Soil

Ontario

  

Till sampling, NTS 30M/11, 14, south central Ontario.





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Survey Description


Twenty nine samples from four soil profiles from 3 sites in the Rouge River basin and 1 site at the Scarborough Bluffs area of south-central Ontario were collected.  No sampling year was given.  The samples were studied to determine the general soil chemistry, the leaching histories and to assess the degree of soil contamination from industrial activity.  The study is described in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, v.148.

Data Description:

Paper report with data list.

Quantities Analysed:

Fe extracted by citrate-dithionite and AAS.  Cations extracted with NH4OAc and determined by AAS.

Geochem Maps Available:

Soil profiles.

Other Analyses:

<0.002 mm fraction analysed for clay mineral content by XRD. Organic carbon determined by the Walkley Black method and CaCO3 acid neutralization.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Mahaney, W.C. (1985). Morphology and composition of two late Wisconsinan soils forming in till and lacustrine deposits Scarborough Bluffs area, south-central Ontario. Géographie physique et Quaternaire, v.39, p.307-314. ( more)
2 Mahaney, W.C., Sanmugadas, K. (1986). Soil development as a function of time in the Rouge River basin, south-central Ontario. Géographie physique et Quaternaire, v.40, p.207-216. ( more)
3 Mahaney, W.C., Hancock, R.G.V. (1990). Geochemistry of Holocene and late Pleistocene soils in the Rouge River and Scarborough Bluffs areas, south-central Ontario, Canada. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, v. 148, p. 81-92. ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
43.7148° 43.8162° -79.2309° -79.1547°

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

  • Covers part of NTS 30M/11 (Toronto) in the Scarborough Bluffs area, Ontario.  It is bounded to the south by Lake Ontario.

  • Covers part of NTS 31M/14 (Markham) in the Rouge River basin area, Ontario.  It is located approximately 2 km north of the community of Highland Creek.

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