Table 4: Description of the surficial material classes used in the surficial material mapping, south of Wager Bay.
Code Name Description
Ap Alluvial plain Alluvial sand and silt; exposed; very often water-saturated; found along a river or a stream.
Af Flooded alluvium Alluvial sand and silt; exposed; periodically water-covered; found in the bottom of a valley.
At Alluvial terrace Alluvial sand and silt; exposed or with short vegetation cover; mostly dry; forming a terrace.
O Organic Organic material; short vegetation-covered; poorly drained soil.
Mc Offshore silt and clay Very fine material (essentially silt and clay).
McV Offshore silt and clay with vegetation Very fine material (essentially silt and clay); short vegetation-covered.
Ms Marine sand Mostly sand; exposed; thick (> 30 cm).
MsV Marine sand with vegetation Mostly sand; short, dense vegetation-covered; thick (> 30 cm)
Ms/R Thin marine sand Mostly sand; exposed; bedrock may appear but cover less than 50% of the surface.
SG Sand & Gravel Sand and gravel; exposed; very dry.
SGV Sand & Gravel with vegetation cover Sand and gravel; short vegetation-covered; very dry.
S/R Thin sand and gravel over bedrock Sand and gravel veneer, bedrock outcrops may appear but cover less than 50% of the surface.
T Thick till Sand and silt diamicton; a few boulders; sparse, short vegetation-covered; commonly thick (> 30 cm).
bT Bouldery till Silt and sand diamicton; many boulders; short vegetation-covered.
gT Gravelly till Gravelly diamicton; exposed or short vegetation-covered.
gsT Gravelly sandy till Sand and gravel diamicton; exposed or short vegetation-covered.
sT Sandy till Sandy diamicton; exposed or short vegetation-covered; thick (> 30 cm); mostly dry; hummocky topography.
wT Wave-washed till Wave-washed sandy till; often covered with a thin layer (< 30 cm) of littoral sediments.
TV Thick till with dense vegetation cover Sand and silt diamicton; dense, short vegetation-covered; thick (> 30 cm).
T/R Thin till Sand and silt diamicton; may have some boulders; thin (< 30 cm); bedrock cover less than 50% of the surface.
B Boulders Mostly boulders; cover more than 50% of the surface; some discontinuous till and bedrock.
R Bedrock Undifferentiated bedrock; cover more than 50% of the surface.