| Title | Introduction and summary |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Bingham-Koslowski, N ; Dafoe, L T; St-Onge, M R; Turner, E C; Haggart, J W;
Gregersen, U; Keen, C E; Bent, A L; Harrison, J C |
| Source | Geological synthesis of Baffin Island (Nunavut) and the Labrador-Baffin Seaway; by Dafoe, L T (ed.); Bingham-Koslowski, N (ed.); Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 608, 2022 p. 1-11, https://doi.org/10.4095/321823  Open Access |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Geological synthesis of
Baffin Island (Nunavut) and the Labrador-Baffin Seaway |
| File format | pdf; html |
| Province | Nunavut; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northern offshore region |
| NTS | 3; 14; 15; 16; 23I; 23O; 23P; 25A; 25G; 25H; 25I; 25J; 25K; 25L; 25M; 25N; 25O; 25P; 26; 27; 28; 29A; 29B; 29C; 29D; 35P; 36A; 36B; 36C; 36D; 36E; 36F; 36G; 36H; 36I; 36P; 37; 38; 39A; 39B; 39C; 39D; 47E;
47F; 47G; 47H; 48A; 48B; 48C; 48D; 48E; 57E; 57H; 58A; 58D |
| Area | Baffin Island; Baffin Bay; Bylot Island; Davis Strait; Labrador; Labrador Sea; Canada; Greenland; Denmark |
| Lat/Long WENS | -90.5000 -43.0000 78.0000 52.0000 |
| Subjects | regional geology; stratigraphy; structural geology; tectonics; economic geology; fossil fuels; Science and Technology; Nature and Environment; bedrock geology; lithology; structural analyses;
stratigraphic analyses; geological history; crustal evolution; tectonic history; basin evolution; rifting; land use; mineral deposits; petroleum resources; hydrocarbons; craton; terranes; Archean; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Mesozoic; Paleozoic;
Precambrian; Proterozoic |
| Program | GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals Baffin Region Atlas |
| Released | 2022 08 15 |
| Abstract | The papers contained in this bulletin provide a comprehensive summary and updated understanding of the onshore geology and evolution of Baffin Island, the Labrador-Baffin Seaway, and surrounding onshore
regions. This introductory paper summarizes and links the geological and tectonic events that took place to develop the craton and subsequent Proterozoic to Cenozoic sedimentary basins. Specifically, the Precambrian and Paleozoic geology of Baffin
Island and localized occurrences underlying the adjacent Labrador-Baffin Seaway, the Mesozoic to Cenozoic stratigraphy and rift history that records the opening and evolution of the Labrador-Baffin Seaway, the seismicity of the region, as well as
both the mineral (Baffin Island) and hydrocarbon (onshore and offshore) resource potential are discussed. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Knowledge of the bedrock geology and tectonic history of Canada's North, specifically modern map coverage of onshore Baffin Island and offshore
stratigraphy and structure of the Labrador-Baffin Seaway, has significantly improved since the commencement of the Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals (GEM) Program in 2008. The Baffin Geological Synthesis provides a digital, publically available,
comprehensive document that summarizes the geological and tectonic understanding of Baffin Island and the Labrador-Baffin Seaway that has been developed through GEM and its collaborators over the last decade. The volume is divided into three sections
with a total of 14 papers: Part 1 - Precambrian and Paleozoic; Part 2 - Mesozoic to Present; and Part 3 - Land Use. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 321823 |
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