Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 1686 ReadMe.txt

Mineral and Energy Resource Assessment of the Tlogotsho Plateau,
Nahanni Karst, Ragged Ranges and Adjacent Areas Under Consideration
for Expansion of Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories
(Edited by C.W. Jefferson and W.A. Spirito)

Please read licence agreement: licence_e.pdf
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Directory Structure and Contents of CD:
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3) index.html - web page used to view the open file
4) files for autorun


There are several subdirectories:

1) images -    contains the jpeg image used on the web page
2) Chapters  - contains Table of Contents and Chapters 1-9
3) Appendix1 - contains files for Appendix 1
4) Appendix2 - contains files for Appendix 2
5) Appendix3 - contains files for Appendix 3
6) Appendix4 - contains files for Appendix 4
7) apps      - contains the files to load Acrobat and XLViewer

A list of the Open File chapters and appendices follows:

Chapters\TableofContents.pdf
Chapters\Chaper1_ExecSumm.pdf
Chapters\Chaper2_Intro.pdf
Chapters\Chapter3_Geology.pdf
Chapters\Chapter4_Geochem.pdf
Chapters\Chapter5_Hydrogeology.pdf
Chapters\Chapter6_MinOcc.pdf
Chapters\Chapter7_MinRes.pdf
Chapters\Chatper8_Hydrocarbon.pdf
Chapters\Chapter9_Refs.pdf

Appendix1\Appendix1_MinOcc.pdf
Appendix1\Table A-1.1. NahanniMinOcc.xls
Appendix1\Table A-1.2. NahanniMinOccLoc.xls

Appendix2\Appendix2_Lithogeochem.pdf
Appendix2\Table A-2.1-i.xls
Appendix2\Table A-2.1-ii.xls

Appendix3\Appendix3.1.xls
Appendix3\Appendix3.2.pdf
Appendix3\Appendix3.3.xls
Appendix3\Table A-3.2(vi).xls
Appendix3\Appendix3.4.xls
Appendix3\Appendix3.5.pdf
Appendix3\Appendix3.6.pdf
Appendix3\Appendix3.7.pdf
Appendix3\Appendix3.8.pdf
Appendix3\Appendix3.9.pdf
Appendix3\Appendix3.10.pdf

Appendix4\Appendix4.1.pdf
Appendix4\Appendix4.2.pdf
Appendix4\Appendix4.3.pdf
Appendix4\Appendix4.4.pdf


Contact Information
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Please direct questions, suggestions or comments regarding this
Open File to:

For Chapters 1,2,3,6,7:  Charles Jefferson
			 Tel: 613-996-4561
			 Fax: 613-996-3726
			 E-Mail: cjeffers@nrcan.gc.ca

For Chapter 4:		 Wendy Spirito
			 Tel: 613-995-4145
			 Fax: 613-996-3726
			 E-Mail: wspirito@nrcan.gc.ca

For Chapter 5:		 Stewart Hamilton
			 Tel: 705-670-5915
			 Fax: 705-670-5909
			 E-Mail: stew.hamilton@ndm.gov.on.ca

For Chatper 8:		 Kirk Osadetz
			 Tel: 403-292-7022
			 Fax: 403-292-7159
			 E-Mail: kosadetz@nrcan.gc.ca