Survey Metadata

Till

New Brunswick

1993

Till sampling, NTS 21H/14 (Petitcodiac), southeastern New Brunswick, 1993 and 1997.





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Survey Description


During the last two weeks of the summer field season of 1993, till samples were collected at 2 km spacing in the Peticodiac map area, southeast New Brunswick.  The field sampling was completed during the summer of 1997.  A total of 274 samples including four field duplicates were collected from hand-dug pits, road cuts and natural exposures.  Between 50 and 100 clasts (2-10 cm in diameter) were collected from the C-horizon from each sample pit.  At each site an additional sample of till matrix was taken from the B-horizon for future use.  Basal till was the preferred sampling medium, but ablation till was sampled where basal till could not be found within a 500 m radius of the sample site.  The data are published in New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Open File 2000-8.

Data Description:

Paper report.

Quantities Analysed:

<0.063 and <0.002 mm fractions analyzed by INAA for 48 base, trace, and rare earth metals.

Geochem Maps Available:

Contour maps showing distribution of elements.

Other Analyses:

Pebble lithologies.

Sampling Procedure

Sample pits were generally 0.5 m in diameter and ranged in depth 0.4 to 1.0 m to penetrate well into the C-horizon.  Approximately 2L and 1L of matrix were taken from the B and C-horizons respectively.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Allaby, G.M. (2000). Till provenance and glacial history of the Petitcodiac (NTS 21H/14) map area, southeastern New Brunswick. M.Sc. thesis, University of New Brunswick, 217 p. ( more)
2 Allaby, G.M. (2000). Till provenance and glacial history of the Petitcodiac (NTS 21H/14) map area, southeastern New Brunswick. New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy, Minerals and Energy Division, Open File 2000-8, 217 p. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1988-2003 Fundy Model Forest Project, southeastern New Brunswick ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
45.75° 46° -65.5° -65°

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

  • Covers NTS 21H/14, the Petitcodiac map area, southeast New Brunswick.  The villages of Petitcodiac, Elgin and Penobsquis lie within the study area.

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