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Geoscape Canada
A map of Canada's earth materials
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Figure 42
Figure 42. Tidewater terminus of Pallisade glacier, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut (© P. vanPeenen).


Figure 43
Figure 43. Channels and islands of the Mackenzie River delta, Northwest Territories (P. Hill).


Figure 44
Figure 44. Dark intrusions of diabase (volcanic rock) in layered carbonate rock, Wynniatt Bay, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories (R. Rainbird).


Figure 45
Figure 45. Glacially carved valley containing river gravel and sand in a mountainous granitic terrane, North Pangnirtung Fiord, Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut (W.J. Crawford).


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