Surficial Geology of the Moosonee Area Southeast, Northern Ontario; Ontario Geological Survey, Preliminary Map P.3742, Scale 1:100 000

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landscape data became apparent. A terrain mapping project to remotely !

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! ! ! ! ! QUATERNARY ! ! ! 17 ! ! in response to this information need. 13 12 !

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13 12 12 ! ! 2 0 Marine Mud-Flat Deposits: Sand, silt and clay; deposited MAP P.3742 ! !

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SPOT imagery (4 colour bands and the panchromatic band), a digital 13 ! ! ! !

18 ! ! ! ! in mud flats and offshore bars within the tidal zone. ! ! 13 !

13 ! elevation model and its derivatives and the Ontario Hydro Network vector ! ! ! !

! ! ! 13 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! drainage shape files (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2010) are the !

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! Marine Salt-Marsh Deposits: Silt and clay with organic ! 19 ! ! ! ! ! primary data sources for this remote predictive mapping exercise. A ! SURFICIAL GEOLOGY ! ! ! 13 matter, minor sand; deposited in salt marshes along

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multiresolution segmentation algorithm, using different image layer 17 ! ! !

! ! present-day coast. ! ! ! ! !

! weights, scale parameters and homogeneity criterion, within an object- ! ! ! ! 18

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! ! ! ! based image analysis software is used to achieve meaningful objects ! ! !

! 1 8 Organic Deposits: Peat, muck and/or marl; deposited in MOOSONEE AREA

! ! 12 ! representing various surficial material types. Objects are then classified ! b

! ! fen wetlands. ! 13

! ! ! based on digital signature, internal variability of signature and proximity !

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! to certain vector layers and certain adjacent material types. ! !

! 17 1 7 Organic Deposits: Peat, muck and/or marl; deposited in

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! bog wetlands. !

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Limited helicopter-supported field work combined with the examination of ! ! NORTHERN ONTARIO

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archival information (Riley and Boissonneau (unpublished field notes and 17 ! ! 1 6 Fluvial Deposits (recent): Stratified sand and gravel; may

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photographs); Geological Survey of Canada, Operation Winisk ! 13 17 ! !

! include silt, minor clay. Deposited in bars and channels of

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unpublished field notes; Skinner 1973; Sanford, Norris and Bostock 1968; !

! present-day rivers and creeks. Scale 1:100 000 !

Sanford and Norris 1975; and Thorleifson, Wyatt and Warman 1993, and !

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their unpublished field notes) provided the ground control on the 17 ! 2000 m 0 2 4 km !

! 1 5 Fluvial Deposits (abandoned): Stratified sand and gravel;

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classification of objects. In addition, information from the various other ! ! !

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Far North Information Knowledge Management Program projects, such !

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13 ! along abandoned terraces of rivers and creeks. ! as base data and land cover information (Ontario Ministry of Natural 18 ! 13 ! ! James Bay NTS References: 42 P/1, 2, 7, 8

Resources, in progress), has been used in the interpretation and 25′ ! 25′ ! Marine Deltaic Deposits: Stratified sand and gravel; silt,

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classification of the surficial materials.

! minor clay. Deposited at the mouths of rivers and creeks

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! entering a postglacial sea. ! 20 14

! Attawapiskat 91A !

The maps show only the surface material distribution. For better definition !

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95 12 ! This map is published with the permission of the Director, Ontario

of wetland types please refer to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources ! 14

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details on the older sediments exposed along rivers within the Hudson ! 14 13 13 ! Albany

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members greatly enhanced the map products of the Far North !

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Information Knowledge Management Program Terrain Mapping Project. 12 12 ! Factory 68 ! 19 the shore zone and nearshore zone of a proglacial lake. 12 17 13 12 14

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17 ! 90 minor sand. Deposited in basinal areas of a proglacial lake. KESAGAMI 13 ! 12 Ship Sands Island PROVINCIAL PARK

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REFERENCES ! 8 Glaciofluvial Outwash Deposits: Stratified sand and gravel;

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Geological Survey of Canada. Operation Winisk; unpublished field notes, 13 ! rivers flowing from a glacier. ! ! !

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Network; Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Land Information 15 ! 20′ Deposited in eskers, kames, deltas and subaqueous fans

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Ontario, OHN digital layer files, Peterborough, Ontario. 17 13 13 ! 15 GROUNDHOG RIVER WATERWALYo PcRaOtVioINnC MIAaL pPA R K ( W A T E R W A Y C L A S N S )e w P o s t 6 9 A 1 cm equals 50 km

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12 ABITIBI-DE-TROYES PROVINCIAL PARK (HISTORICAL CLASS)

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, in progress. Far North Land Cover ! Till: Massive to bedded diamicton; clayey silt to clay matrix,

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Land Information Ontario, Peterborough, Ontario. carbonate content, may contain discontinuous layers or Y CLASS)KETTLE LAKES PROVINCIAL PARK

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Sanford, B.V., Norris, A.W. and Bostock, H.H. 1968. Geology and 18 ! ! ! ! int surface (includes

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Skinner, R.G. 1973. Quaternary stratigraphy of the Moose River Basin, ai 13 carbonate content, rare discontinuous layers or lenses of Base of terraced unknown ! ! ! ! ! !

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