| Title | Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals program: activities in the Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic Islands |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Hadlari, T |
| Source | Sedimentary basins of the Canadian north - contributions to a 1 000 Ma geological journey and insight on resource potential; by Lavoie, D (ed.); Dewing, K (ed.); Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 609, 2022 p. 215-235, https://doi.org/10.4095/326088  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 Sedimentary basins of the
Canadian north - contributions to a 1 000 Ma geological journey and insight on resource potential |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Northern offshore region |
| NTS | 39; 48G; 48H; 49; 58; 59; 68; 69; 77; 78; 79; 87C; 87D; 87E; 87F; 87G; 87H; 88; 89; 97G; 97H; 98; 99; 120; 340; 560 |
| Area | Canadian Arctic Islands |
| Lat/Long WENS | -128.0000 -68.0000 84.0000 69.0000 |
| Subjects | regional geology; stratigraphy; tectonics; paleontology; structural geology; geochronology; geochemistry; fossil fuels; economic geology; geophysics; Science and Technology; Nature and Environment;
sedimentary basins; continental margins; tectonostratigraphic zones; systematic stratigraphy; stratigraphic correlations; biostratigraphy; micropaleontology; palynology; pollen; spores; fossil assemblages; chronostratigraphy; lithostratigraphy;
depositional environment; petroleum resources; petroleum exploration; hydrocarbon potential; hydrocarbons; oil; gas; source rocks; traps; thermal maturation; organic geochemistry; mineral potential; mineral exploration; lead; zinc; metallogeny;
bedrock geology; lithology; sedimentary rocks; sandstones; mudstones; siltstones; evaporites; shales; limestones; cherts; clastics; carbonates; bentonite; igneous rocks; mafic rocks; volcanic rocks; volcanic ash; structural features; folds;
anticlines; faults; paleogeography; paleoenvironment; mercury; extinctions, biotic; paleoclimates; tectonic interpretations; tectonic models; tectonic history; magmatism; magmatic arcs; intrusions; sills; volcanism; subsidence; crustal uplift;
subduction zones; rifting; orogenesis; unconformities; basin evolution; depositional history; radiometric dating; uranium lead dating; zircon dates; radiocarbon dating; hafnium geochemistry; field relations; geophysical interpretations; seismic
interpretations; Sverdrup Basin; Laurentia; Pangea; Amerasia Basin; High Arctic Large Igneous Province (HALIP); Drake Point Gas Field; Eurekan Orogeny; Polaris Mine; Polaris Deposit; Collaborative research; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Mesozoic;
Cretaceous; Jurassic; Triassic; Paleozoic; Permian; Carboniferous; Devonian |
| Illustrations | geoscientific sketch maps; location maps; stratigraphic charts; schematic representations; lithologic sections; profiles; time series; seismic sections; block diagrams |
| Program | GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals Western Arctic Sverdrup Basin |
| Released | 2022 12 20 |
| Abstract | Advancements in the establishment of the geological framework of the Sverdrup Basin resulting from the Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals program can be grouped under the main topics of
tectonostratigraphy, crosslinking of biostratigraphy and chronostratigraphy, integration of igneous records with newly refined stratigraphy, and effects of global climatic environments on hydrocarbon source rocks in geological time. New discoveries
of volcanic ash beds throughout much of the Triassic stratigraphic section required new tectonic interpretations involving a magmatic arc northwest of the basin that was likely involved in the opening of the Amerasia Basin. Modern approaches to
biostratigraphy calibrated by radiometric age dating of volcanic ash beds made global correlations to chronostratigraphic frameworks and tectonic models possible. Correlation of the stratigraphy and recent geochronology of the High Arctic large
igneous province (HALIP) places the main pulse of mafic magmatism in a postrift setting. Finally, the depositional setting of source rocks in the Sverdrup Basin is explained in terms of oceanographic factors that are related to the global
environment. All of these advancements, including hints of undefined and relatively young structural events, lead to the conclusion that the hydrocarbon potential of the Sverdrup Basin has not been fully tested by historical exploration drilling.
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| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This reports presents a summary of the work completed and published on the Sverdrup Basin under the GEM program. There are publications that are
highlighted in the text followed by a reference list of GEM outputs. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 326088 |
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