Soil geochemical survey over concealed kimberlites in the Attawapiskat area in northern Canada

• Main Authors: Keiko H. Hattori, Stewart Hamilton, Julie Kong, John Gravel
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: surface dispersion; surficial geochemical exploration; James Bay Lowlands; soil geochemistry; diamond; Canadian Shield; partial leach; Arctic; Attawapiskat; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Yankee; permafrost; James Bay
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.529.7663; http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/khattori/Hattori-GEEA2009.pdf

ABSTRACT: A soil geochemical survey was conducted over kimberlites in a discontinuous permafrost zone in the James Bay Lowlands, southeastern Hudson Bay Lowlands. The kimberlites are concealed by 10 to 30 m of tills and Tyrell Sea clay sediments. Samples of humus and B-horizon soil were collected at...