Parent Materials Mode of Deposition in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut
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Peat deposit resulting from accumulation of vegetative (organic) materials. Mesic and fibric sedge and moss peat.
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Regosolic Turbic Cryosol associated with colluviated valley
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Orthic Turbic Cryosol associated with bedrock-controlled till landscape
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Morainal material deposited by ice. A mixture of boulders, stones, sand, silt and clay.
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Perennially frozen, loamy-textured, colluviated till. The material is underlain by thick ground ice.
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Thin veneer of colluvium over limestone bedrock. The colluvium consists mainly of rock fragments, sand, silt and clay.
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Lacustrine material deposited by glacial lake water. Mostly silt and clay.
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Perennially frozen, shallow morainal material (till) underlain by granitic bedrock. The loamy textured material is affected by downslope movement.