Vancouver Island and Gulf Island Geoscience Data
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These geoscience data collections have grown through curricular undergraduate research in the VIU Earth Science Department. Digital collections include rock descriptions, geographic information, whole rock major oxide and trace element data, site photos, and VIU publications based on the collection data. Physical specimens including hand samples and thin sections, are housed in the VIU Earth Science Department teaching collections.
Where noted, materials are available for use with attribution under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
For more information please contact Sandra Johnstone, VIU Earth Science Department (sandra.johnstone@viu.ca)
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Open Bay 6
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Open Bay 5
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Open Bay 3
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Open Bay 1
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Open Bay 4
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Open Bay rock sample geochemistry
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Open Bay 2
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Contact metamorphism of limestone at Open Bay, Quadra Island
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2018-04-12)On the east coast of Quadra Island, B.C. exposes metasedimentary country rock of Quatsino and/or Parsons Bay Formations intruded by the magmatic front of the Coast Plutonic Complex (CPC). The research conducted in this ... -
Petrogenesis of deformed intrusive pods in the Quatsino formation, Open Bay, Quadra Island, British Columbia
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2014)A research poster presented at Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2014 in Vancouver, BC.