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Figure 1. All image segments are at a scale of 1:1,000,000.
a. 1368-18373-5 26th July, 1974. 113 C 30 1 W, 67°30'N, Northwest Territories.
Unaltered quartzites and dolomites of Proterozoic age underly this area
near the northwest margin of the Precambrian Shield. Bedding trends are
seen most clearly in the parallel alignment of lakes and streams.
b. 1368-18373-7 26th July, 1973. 111°30'W, 67°N, Northwest Territories.
A part of the Slave structural province, a rigid archaean platform known
to have been stable for at least 2.5 billion years. The highly meta
morphosed greywackes, mudstones, volcanics and granitic rocks now have
a relatively uniform resistance to erosion. Long interconnecting fracture
planes are typical of this area. Low ridges, when present, often define
the direction of foliation.
c. 1422-18395-7 18th Sept. 1973. 122°W, 55°30'N, British Columbia.
The left half of the image shows the front range of the Rocky Mountains
80 km. southwest of Dawson Creek. The parallel ridge and valley texture
of these Lower Palaeozoic rocks is quite typical for the Rocky Mountains.
To the right of the image, thick Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments
underly the Alberta Plateau.
d. 1443-15323-7 9th October, 1973. 78°30'W, 47°30'N, Quebec.
The finger-like pattern of swirls represents folding in the Archaean
gneisses of the Grenville Province. The junction or "front" between
Grenville and Superior rocks is located along the line where the linear
pattern disappears. As the Grenville front is approached the gneissic
foliation pattern is replaced by a fracture pattern parallel to the front.
e. 1421-20143-7 17th Sept. 1973. 138°W, 65°30'N, Yukon.
Resistant limestone beds of Mid-Devonian age outline an echelon sequence
of west plunging folds. These are a part of the Taiga-Nahoni Fold Belt,
a subdivision of the Northern Yukon Tectonic complex.
f. 1438-15012-7 4th October, 1973. 67°30'W, 56°N, Quebec.
A part of the Central Labrador Fold Belt. The intricate onion-like
patterns are produced from interbedded sediments and gabbro sills, folded
and thrust into complex structures. Many of the lakes are located on
dislocation planes.
g. 1332-16570-7.20th June 1973. 93°30'W, 58°30'N, Manitoba
A vast area of bog and swamp developed on Lower and Middle Silurian rocks,
at the southwest margin of Hudson Bay. A pattern of raised beaches
follows the coast where the ice is just showing signs of break up. This
area which lies immediately east of the port of Churchill, is one of the
main breeding grounds of the Polar bear.
h. 1221-14591-5 1st. March 1973. 67°30'W, 51°N. Quebec,
A texture occurring only in the Proterozoic rocks of the eastern part
of Grenville Province. The rounded hills have steeper slopes towards
the north and gentle slopes to the south, presumably reflecting the
southward movement of ice.