Parent materials mode of meposition in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut

Bog

Peat deposit resulting from accumulation of vegetative (organic) materials. Mesic and fibric sedge and moss peat.

Colluvial

Regosolic Turbic Cryosol associated with colluviated valley.

Colluvial

Perennially frozen, loamy-textured, colluviated till. The material is underlain by thick ground ice.

Colluvial

Thin veneer of colluvium over limestone bedrock. The colluvium consists mainly of rock fragments, sand, silt and clay.

Lacustrine

Lacustrine material deposited by glacial lake water. Mostly silt and clay.

Morainal

A Orthic Turbic Cryosol associated with bedrock-controlled till landscape.

Morainal

Morainal material deposited by ice. A mixture of boulders, stones, sand, silt and clay.

Morainal

Perennially frozen, shallow morainal material (till) underlain by granitic bedrock. The loamy textured material is affected by downslope movement.