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This section is responsible for bedrock geological mapping in the Province.

In insular Newfoundland, mapping is generally done at 1:50 000 or more detailed scales and involves systematic foot traversing with helicopter and boat support as necessary; a 2-person mapping team covers up to half a 1:50 000 sheet in a field season. In Labrador, most mapping is done at the 1:100 000 scale and uses extensive helicopter support; mapping teams usually consist of 4 to 7 people and cover blocks of up to four 1:50 000 map sheets per field season.

The results of mapping projects are initially published as open-file maps, and as reports and page-size maps in the annual Current Research volume. Copies of open-file maps are produced "on-demand" and are either uncoloured photocopies or coloured digital plots. Following completion of a project, the results are compiled and published as printed reports accompanied by uncoloured or coloured printed maps.

The section also produces compilation maps, ranging in scale from 1:250 000 to 1:1 million, and composite digital maps which can be customized by the user to suit scales from 1:50 000 to 1:1 million.

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	Personnel
	Index of Geological Maps - Newfoundland
	Index of Geological Maps - Labrador

Projects

Current
	Newfoundland
		Indian Islands Group stratigraphy (L. Dickson).
		Geological mapping of Early Paleozoic carbonate sequences, Corner Brook and Port au Port areas (I. Knight).
		Geological mapping in the Roberts Arm Group and related rocks of the Dunnage Zone, western Notre Dame Bay (B. O'Brien).
		Geological mapping and gold metallogeny, Avalon and Burin peninsulas (S. O'Brien).
		Geological mapping and metallogeny of red bed copper, Bonavista Peninsula (S. O'Brien).
		Paleontology database, specimen collection, biostratigraphy and faunal analysis (D. Boyce).
		Digital bedrock geology map of insular Newfoundland (L. Dickson and L. Crisby-Whittle).
	Labrador
		Detailed mapping of the Aillik Group and associated basement rocks (A. Hinchey).
		Regional mapping and other studies of the Nain Plutonic Suite and its Proterozoic and Archean host gneisses (B. Ryan).
		Synthesis of the Grenville Province in eastern Labrador (C.F. Gower).
Recently Completed
	Newfoundland
		Geological mapping and paleontology of the carbonate belt, Great Northern Peninsula and Pasadena area (I. Knight, D. Boyce).
		Geological mapping in the Dunnage Zone, central Notre Dame Bay, with emphasis on the Wild Bight Group (B. O'Brien).
		Geological mapping of the Exploits Group and adjacent rocks, Dunnage Zone, Notre Dame Bay (B. O'Brien).
		Geological mapping of the Hodges Hill intrusive suite and adjacent rocks in the Dunnage Zone, north-central Newfoundland (W.L. Dickson).
		Geological mapping and related studies, northwestern Avalon Zone and adjoining Gander Zone, Bonavista Bay (S. O'Brien).
		Revised digital composite geology map for part of Newfoundland on CD-ROM (S. Colman-Sadd, L. Crisby-Whittle).
	Labrador
		Geological mapping, at 1:100 000 scale, of the Grenville Province in south-central Labrador (D. James, L. Nadeau).
		Geological mapping, at 1:50 000 scale, in the Nain area (B. Ryan).
		Coloured geology maps, at 1:50 000 scale, for parts of the Churchill Province, west of Nain (B. Ryan).
		Geochronological and paleomagnetic studies, eastern Grenville Province (C. Gower).
		Revised 1:1 million compilation map of Labrador, available as a printed colour map and on CD-ROM in various software formats (R. Wardle and others).

Personnel

These are the current staff of the section, as of February, 2008.
		Lawson Dickson Senior Geologist
		Doug Boyce Project Geologist (paleontology)
		Charles Gower Project Geologist (Labrador)
		Ian Knight Project Geologist (Newfoundland)
		Brian O'Brien Project Geologist (Newfoundland)
		Bruce Ryan Project Geologist (Labrador)
		Alana Hinchey Project Geologist (Labrador)
		Tim Van Nostrand Project Geologist (Labrador)