Quaternary Geology of Western Melville Island, Northwest Territories

Résumé du livre

Description of Quaternary deposits and geomorphic processes on Melville Island, Northwest Territories, north of Liddon Gulf and west of the 112 degrees west meridian. The report describes surficial deposits using a genetic-textural classification, following the chronological order established in the map legend. It then discusses the question of the development of physiography, as some major elements of the landscape are pre-Quaternary in age. A synthesis of Quaternary events is given and potential land use hazards and other geotechnical applications are reviewed. Preliminary airphoto interpretation of the study area was followed by four weeks of fieldwork in 1985, composed of foot and helicopter traverses.