Survey Metadata

Till

Nova Scotia

1985

Till sampling survey, NTS 11F, northern mainland Nova Scotia, 1985-1986.





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Nova Scotia Geoscience and Mines Branch

Survey Description


Approximately 170 till samples were collected in 1985-1986 on northern mainland Nova Scotia at an average density of 1 sample per 13 km 2.  Samples were obtained from road cuts, sea cliffs and till pits at an average depth of 1.5 m below the modern solum.  The data are published in Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy Open File Maps 88-050 (Map 13-1988) and 88-051 (Map 13-1988).

Data Description:

Paper map; map margin has data tables keyed to sample numbers plotted on map.

Quantities Analysed:

<0.002 mm fraction by AAS for 12 elements; by colourimetry for As; by fluorometry for U (OF Map 88-050).

Geochem Maps Available:

Map shows sample sites with anomalous elements highlighted on pie diagram.

Other Analyses:

Heavy mineral concentrates (OF Map 88-051).

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Turner, R.G., Stea, R.R. (1988). Till geochemistry of northern mainland Nova Scotia, clay fraction analyses, Antigonish and Guysborough Counties (map sheet 13-88). Nova Scotia Department Mines and Energy, Open File Map 88-050. ( more)
2 Turner, R.G., Stea, R.R. (1988). Till geochemistry of northern mainland Nova Scotia, heavy mineral separate analyses, Antigonish and Guysborough Counties (map sheet 13-88). Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy, Open File Map 88-051, scale 1:100 000. ( more)
3 Turner, R.G., Stea, R.R. (1990). Interpretation of till geochemical data in Nova Scotia, Canada, using mapped till units, multi-element anomaly patterns, and the relationship of till clast geology to matrix geochemistry. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 37, p. 225-254. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1982-1988 Northern mainland Nova Scotia till project, 1982-1986 ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
45.17° 45.9° -62° -60.88°

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

  • Covers parts of NTS 11F (Canso), northern mainland Nova Scotia.  It is bounded to the south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north by St. George Bay.

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