Survey Metadata

NGR lake

Alberta

1993

NGR lake sediment and water survey; NTS 74E, 74L, 74M, northeastern Alberta, 1993





Location map

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Survey Description


Helicopter-supported sample collection was carried out in northeastern Alberta during the summer of 1993.  Lake sediment and water samples were collected at 1160 sites at an average density of one sample per 19 km 2 throughout the 22,100 square kilometres covered by the survey.  Sample site duplicate samples were collected in each analytical block of twenty samples.  The data are published in GSC Open File 2856.

This survey was carried out using National Geochemical Reconnaissance (NGR) protocols.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Friske, P.W.B., McCurdy, M.W., Day, S.J., Gross, H., Balma, R.G., Lynch, J.J., Durham, C.C. (1994). National Geochemical Reconnaissance lake sediment and water data, northeastern Alberta (parts of NTS 74E, 74L and 74M). Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 2856. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1993-1994 Northeastern Alberta and northern Saskatchewan lake sediment and water surveys, 1993 ( more)

Downloadable Files

Index Description Size (bytes)
1
GSC Open File 2856 digital data ( FileID=1279 download )
The data are packaged as a single zip file, compatible with modern operating systems.
189185
2
Introductory text for GSC Open File 2856 ( FileID=612 download )
This PDF file contains the introductory text for GSC Open File 2856.  It was scanned from the original document.  The data are not included in this file.
1103169
3
Diskette to accompany GSC Open File 2856 ( FileID=255 download )
WARNING: the data on the diskette may have been packaged as a 16 bit self-extracting executable file, which is incompatible with 64 bit Windows computers.
216771

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
57.17° 60° -111.67° -110°

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

  • Covers parts of NTS 74E, 74L and 74M in northeastern Alberta.  Bounded to the west by the Slave River on 74M and by the Athabasca River on the southern portion of 74L and on 74E.  Lake Athabasca covers the central part of the study area.

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