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209: 24: 157:, were pioneering geologists whose work formed the basis for the first geological map of Newfoundland, published in 1907. After Howley's death in 1909, the Survey was temporarily disbanded. It was resurrected in 1926 under H.A. Baker, but it was not until the 1930s, under the leadership of Government Geologist A.K. Snelgrove, working at 128:
The Geological Survey is a division of the Mines Branch. The Survey currently has 5 sections (Regional Geology; Mineral Deposits; Geochemistry, Geophysics and Terrain Sciences; Geoscience Data Management and Geoscience Publications and Information) and a geochemical laboratory.
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mapping and surveying which provides geological maps, reports, and mineral analysis, and for developing Newfoundland and Labrador's natural resources and protecting the environment.
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is a scientific research agency that is part of the Department of Natural Resources of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the agency responsible for performing
161:, that the Geological Survey was revived and a continuous series of geological investigations commenced within the country's Department of Natural Resources. 250: 279: 141:. It was, however, in 1864 that the first systematic geological investigations began, when the Geological Survey of Newfoundland was inaugurated by 289: 57: 243: 47: 274: 284: 146: 224: 236: 150: 216: 158: 154: 142: 8: 208: 68: 220: 194: 109: 23: 263: 81: 137:
The first geological surveys of Newfoundland were begun as early as 1839 by
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Newfoundland and Labrador government departments and agencies
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