Current Research in the Geological Sciences in Canada, May 1987-April 1988

Book excerpt: Record of research in progress in Canada based on a survey conducted from January-March of the year ending in April. The research projects listed are being undertaken mainly within federal and provincial departments and in universities. Abstracts are given for each listed report, broadly categorized. Coverage includes areal mapping 1:50,000 or more detailed by province, areal mapping less detailed than 1:50,000 by province, environmental geoscience, geochemistry, geochronology, geological computer applications, geomathematics, geomorphology, geophysics, geotechnique, glaciology, hydrogeology, marine geoscience, mineral-energy geoscience, mineralogy-crystallography, paleontology, petrology, quaternary geology, remote sensing, sedimentology, stratigraphy, structural geology, and volcanology.