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Surficial drill core
British Columbia
2012
Quaternary sediments, NTS 92F/07, Nanaimo British Columbia, 2012-2013.
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Survey Description
In the winter of 2012-2013, 5 boreholes were drilled by Mud Bay Drilling near Nanaimo, British Columbia. Geochemial analyses by pXRF spectrometry were completed on sediments collected from 2 of the holes: Cochrane (130 m deep) and Spider (117 m deep).
The data are published in Geological Survey of Canda Open File 7651.
Publication History
| Index | Publication |
|---|---|
| 1 | Knight, R.D., Reynen, A.M.G., Grunsky, E.C., Russell, H.A.J. (2015). Chemostratigraphy of the late Pleistocene Dashwood Drift to Capilano Sediment succession using portable XRF spectrometry, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7651, 33 p. ( more) |
Project History
| Index | Year | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2011-2016 | pXRF Borehole Studies ( more) |
Geographic Extent
| Minimum Latitude | Maximum Latitude | Minimum Longitude | Maximum Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49.364° | 49.395° | -124.67° | -124.61° |
The geographic extent of the survey is defined by the following polygons:
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Covers a very small part of NTS 92F/07 (Horne Lake) on Vancouver Island, around two boreholes near Nanaimo, British Columbia. The centre of the study area is located approximately 3 km southwest of the town of Qualicum Bay and 6 km northeast of Horne Lake.
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