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Geoscape Canada
A map of Canada's earth materials
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Figure 29
Figure 29. Eroded sandstone and shale (clastic sedimentary rock), Horseshoe Canyon, Alberta (S.E.B. Irwin).


Figure 30
Figure 30. Active sand dune (modern sediment), Great Sand Hills, southwestern Saskatchewan (S.A. Wolfe).


Figure 31
Figure 31. Grain growing on rich soil formed on silt-clay glacial lake sediments, Davidson, Saskatchewan (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada).


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