| Title | Report of activities for the GEM-2 Boothia Peninsula-Somerset Island Project: integrated geoscience of the Northwest Passage, Nunavut |
| Download | Downloads |
| Author | Sanborn-Barrie, M; Regis, D; Ford, A; Osinchuk, A; Drayson, D |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8339, 2018, 16 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/306597 (Open Access) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is related to the following
publications |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Nunavut |
| NTS | 57C/09; 57C/10; 57C/11; 57C/12; 57C/13; 57C/14; 57C/15; 57C/16; 57E/04; 57E/05; 57F; 57G; 67E/01; 67E/08; 67E/09; 67E/16; 67H/01; 67H/08 |
| Area | Boothia Peninsula; Somerset Island |
| Lat/Long WENS | -97.0000 -91.0000 72.0000 69.5000 |
| Subjects | regional geology; stratigraphy; structural geology; tectonics; geophysics; geochronology; geochemistry; surficial geology/geomorphology; igneous and metamorphic petrology; bedrock geology; lithology;
igneous rocks; intrusive rocks; syenites; granites; monzo-granites; leucogranites; monzonites; granodiorites; gabbros; diorites; leucogabbros; tonalites; trondhjemites; metamorphic rocks; marbles; psammites; quartzites; semipelites; diatexites;
gneisses; orthogneisses; migmatites; metasedimentary rocks; granitic rocks; structural features; tectonic setting; tectonic evolution; intrusions; plutons; veins; sills; deformation; crystallization; thermal history; glaciation; ice flow; ice
movement directions; glacial deposits; tills; geophysical interpretations; magnetic interpretations; magnetic anomalies; field work; radiometric dating; uranium lead dating; zircon dates; argon argon dating; isotopic studies; isotope ratios; mineral
deposits; mineral potential; mineral assemblages; textural analyses; mass spectrometer analysis; fabric analyses; kinematic analysis; electron probe analyses; Archean; Rae Craton; Columbia-Nuna Supercontinent; geological mapping; metaplutonic rocks;
lutetium-hafnium ratios; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Quaternary; Paleozoic; Precambrian |
| Illustrations | location maps; geoscientific sketch maps; photographs |
| Program | Rae Province, Boothia-Somerset, GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals |
| Released | 2018 03 02 |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
In 2017 the GEM-2 activity Boothia Peninsula-Somerset Island Integrated Geoscience of the Northwest Passage accomplished 6-weeks of bedrock mapping
supported by new high-resolution aeromagnetic data, with targeted Paleozoic stratigraphic and surficial studies across Boothia Peninsula. The area is an under-explored frontier region where knowledge stems from 1962 and 1986 mapping, without benefit
of aeromagnetic constraints or modern U-Pb geochronology. New mapping and value-added datasets will significantly upgrade the outdated geoscience framework of this area, expand the impact of the mainland GEM-2 Rae Thelon Activity findings (Berman et
al. 2014; Berman et al. 2016), and provide relevant data and knowledge to an isolated region of Nunavut that, due to global warming and the resulting increased shipping, will increasingly be exposed to issues related to resource assessment and
economic development. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 306597 |
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