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Author : DiLabio, R.N.W.; and Shilts, W.W.
Date : 1978
Title : Compositional variation of debris in glaciers, Bylot Island, District of Franklin
Publication : Current research - Geological Survey of Canada, Paper
Issue : 78-1B:
Page(s) : 91-94.
Abstract
A pilot study to define variations in composition of glacial debris was carried out on outlet glaciers that flow from high-grade metamorphic terrane onto sedimentary terrane on the southwest side of Bylot Island. Preliminary observations indicate that 1) debris in lateral moraines of four of the five glaciers sampled has differing and distinct trace element geochemistry; 2) there are significant vertical compositional changes in debris bands in the glaciers; and 3) more than 99 per cent of the sand and coarser debris in the ice and moraines is derived from the metamorphic terrane.
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