| Title | CCGS Hudson Expedition 2018042: GEM-2 Baffin marine survey activity report with preliminary results |
| Download | Downloads |
| Author | Jauer, C D |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8542, 2019, 20 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/313639 (Open Access) |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Northern offshore region; Nunavut |
| NTS | 16K/03; 16K/04; 16K/05; 16K/06; 16K/11; 16K/12; 16K/13; 16K/14; 16L/01; 16L/08; 16L/09; 16L/16; 16M/01; 16M/08; 16N/03; 16N/04; 16N/05; 16N/06 |
| Area | Davis Strait; Baffin Island; Cape Dyer |
| Lat/Long WENS | -62.5000 -61.0000 67.3333 66.0000 |
| Subjects | marine geology; fossil fuels; surficial geology/geomorphology; geophysics; petroleum resources; petroleum occurrence; gas; methane; hydrocarbon potential; oil seeps; gas seeps; oil slicks; marine
sediments; sedimentary basins; geophysical surveys; acoustic surveys, marine; side-scan sonar; bathymetry; grab samples; core samples; water analyses; temperature; salinity; photography; remote sensing; in-field instrumentation; equipment testing;
sedimentary structures; pockmarks; scour marks; marine organisms; biota; cruise reports; multibeam bathymetry; unmanned aerial vehicles |
| Illustrations | photographs; location maps; tables; profiles |
| Program | Baffin Marine Survey, GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals |
| Released | 2019 02 28 |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The 2018 042 cruise of CCGS Hudson studied areas of satellite mapped oil slick features off Cape Dyer, Baffin Island. Water measurements at two of five
locations show very high amounts of dissolved methane very near the seafloor. Sediment samples are currently being analysed to identify the origin of the methane in the sea water. Use of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from ship was successfully
demonstrated but attempts to identify oils slicks with a standard video camera failed. High levels of dissolved methane near the seafloor are confirmed over an area of 30 km. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 313639 |
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