Accession Number:

AD0744555

Title:

Physical Characteristics and Chemical Properties of Some High-Arctic Organic Materials from Southwest Devon Island, Northwest Territories, Canada,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

MCMASTER UNIV HAMILTON (ONTARIO) DEPT OF GEOGRAPHY

Personal Author(s):

• Bunting,B. T.
• Hathout,S. A.

Report Date:

1970-05-13

Pagination or Media Count:

9.0

Abstract:

The main purposes of this study are to determine the characteristics and degree of alteration of some organic and organo-mineral materials taken from various surfaces and sites in the High-Arctic terrain of southwest Devon Island, N.W.T., Canada.

Descriptors:

• (*SOILS
• NORTHWEST TERRITORIES)
• MINERALS
• ORGANIC MATERIALS
• SWAMPS
• SAMPLING
• TERRAIN
• ROCK
• CRACKS
• CORRELATION TECHNIQUES
• BEACHES
• STATISTICAL DATA
• ARCTIC REGIONS
• CANADA

Subject Categories:

• Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy
• Soil Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE