Current Research in the Geological Sciences in Canada, May 1988-April 1989

Book excerpt: Record of research in progress in Canada from May 1988 to April 1989, based on a survey conducted from January-March 1989. The research projects listed are being undertaken mainly within federal and provincial departments and 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, geochronology, 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.