TRACE ELEMENTS IN TILLS OF ALBERTA

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Bayrock, L. A., Pawluk, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1967
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Caribou Mountains; Keewatin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e67-036; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e67-036

Analysis of 475 Keewatin till samples from the Alberta Plains shows well-defined trends in the distribution of certain minor constituents and trace elements. Fe and Cu are most abundant in tills from the Clear Hills region of northwestern Alberta, in which area thin but widespread beds of iron-forma...