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Author : Campbell, C.D.; Piper, D.J.W.; Mosher, D.C.; and Jenner, K.A.
Date : 2005.
Title : A new Scotian Slope surficial geology map series.
Publication : Joint Meeting of the Geological Association of Canada, the Mineralogical Association of Canada, the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and the Canadian Society of Soil Sciences. May 15-18, 2005. Studley Campus of Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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In 2000, more than 20 000 square kilometres of contiguous multibeam bathymetry was collected on the central Scotian Slope south of Nova Scotia. The surveys were lead by the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in collaboration with various commercial and government groups. Subsequent field seasons saw several groundtruth expeditions which included piston coring, bottom photography, ROV investigations, RALPH deployments, and high resolution geophysics. These data underpinned a number of immediate scientific needs such as providing regional assessments of sediment stability and geohazards to offshore regulators, establishing the Gully as a marine protected area, and providing seafloor information with regards to deepwater habitats. A series of five 1:100 000 map areas encompassing the multibeam survey are currently being prepared for the Central Scotian Slope and will be released under the GSC's A-Series format in 2005. Map sheets for each area will include seabed topography, seabed material (approximately the upper 0.2 metres of seabed) and surficial geology (approximately the upper 50 metres of seabed), but may also include slope stability and habitat sheets in smaller areas. Mapping procedures include traditional marine geological mapping techniques, along with qualitative and quantitative geomorphological analyses. The maps will be created in a G.I.S. and will be available as hardcopy map sheets as well as G.I.S. layers accessible over the World Wide Web. The maps will capture the current state of knowledge for the study area and will provide a basis for further research. As well, the maps will be a starting point for interested parties, such as regulatory agencies and industry, who require this type of information.
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