Publication Information

Publication information

Geological Survey of Canada Open File 6929

Coastlines of the Findlay Island Group, Nunavut, and Mackenzie King Island, Northwest Territories: Aerial Video Surveys and Ground Observations

R.B. Taylor, D. Frobel, and D.L. Forbes

Publications in this series have not been edited; they are released as submitted by the author.

Recommended citation

Taylor, R.B. Frobel, D. and Forbes, D.L., 2012. Coastlines of the Findlay Island Group, Nunavut, and Mackenzie King Island, Northwest Territories: Aerial Video Surveys and Ground Observations; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6929, 117 p. + video. doi:10.4095/289917

Contents

Seven MP4 video files of low-altitude aerial oblique video imagery with commentary acquired in 1986 of the Findlay Island Group shores and the east and north coasts of Mackenzie King Island. Flying information and maps for the video surveys are included in Appendix 1 and 2 of the .pdf report.

You can view MP4 video files with the free QuickTime viewer, downloadable from http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/.

A .pdf report summarizes the physical shoreline characteristics and changes since aerial photography was flown in the late 1950s. Eight primary shore types are identified based upon coastal processes, sediment texture and shore morphology. Two sea ice-dominated shore types-the scarred and shore ridge are unique to the northwestern Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Ground surveys, coring and photography provide a detailed examination of three types- sand, wide intertidal and scarred shores. Physical attributes of each shore type that could impact shore clean-up of a potential marine oil spill are also provided.

Appendix 1. Flying information, and quality of each aerial video segment. Appendix 2. Location maps for each aerial video segment. Appendix 3. Textural analysis of sediment collected along Lougheed Island. Appendix 4. Physical coastal characteristics of Mackenzie King Island. Appendix 5. Legend for mapping information contained in Appendix 4. Appendix 6. Physical characteristics of primary shore types.

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Author contact information

Robert B. Taylor, David Frobel, Donald L. Forbes ([email protected]) Geological Survey of Canada, Atlantic Bedford Institute of Oceanography P.O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B2Y 4A2