| Title | 2017CORIOLIS expedition: geological investigation of seabed seeps and deglacial processes in the Sydney Basin, June 24-July 6, 2017 |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Normandeau, A |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8301, 2017, 39 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/306291  Open Access |
| Links | Expedition Database - Base de données d'expédition
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| Year | 2017 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Nova Scotia; Newfoundland and Labrador; Eastern offshore region |
| NTS | 11G/13; 11G/14; 11G/15; 11G/16; 11H; 11I/03; 11I/04; 11I/05; 11I/06; 11I/11; 11I/12; 11I/13; 11I/14; 11J |
| Area | Sydney; Laurentian Channel; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Cape Breton Island; St. Ann Bank Marine Protected Area |
| Lat/Long WENS | -60.0000 -57.0000 47.0000 45.7500 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; fossil fuels; geophysics; geochemistry; engineering geology; paleontology; glacial history; glacial history; glaciation; deglaciation; ice retreat; ice margins; gas
seeps; oil seeps; pockmarks; hydrocarbon potential; petroleum resources; petroleum occurrence; sedimentary basins; glacial deposits; glaciomarine deposits; moraines; tills; bacteria; geophysical surveys; geophysical interpretations; acoustic surveys,
marine; side-scan sonar; seismic surveys; seismic interpretations; bathymetry; anomalies; marine sediment cores; core samples; core analysis; grab samples; biogeology; benthos; paleoenvironment; photography; reflectance; spectrophotometry; shear
strength; geochemical analyses; iceberg gouging; scouring; seafloor topography; submarine features; channels; Sydney Basin; Laurentian Moraine; Microbiology; Marine conservation areas; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Quaternary; Paleozoic; Devonian;
Carboniferous; Precambrian |
| Illustrations | location maps; photographs; tables; geoscientific sketch maps; 3-D images; geophysical profiles; plans; geophysical images |
| Program | Geoscience for New Energy Supply (GNES) Program Coordination |
| Released | 2017 12 05 |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This cruise report from expedition 2017Coriolis in the Sydney Basin summarizes the objectives and preliminary results obtained from hydroacoustic and
sediment core data. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 306291 |
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