| Title | Hydrocarbon-potential map of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and northern offshore areas |
| Download | Downloads |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Dewing, K E ;
Lister, C J; Kung, L E; Atkinson, E A; King, H M |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8884, 2022, 5 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/329968  Open Access |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Northern offshore region; Nunavut; Northwest Territories; Ontario; Manitoba; Newfoundland and Labrador; Quebec |
| NTS | 14; 15; 16; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 66; 67; 68; 69; 76; 77; 78; 79; 86; 87; 88; 89; 97; 98; 99; 107; 117; 120; 340;
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| Area | Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Lancaster Sound; Cumberland Sound; Hudson Bay; James Bay; Moose River; Foxe Basin; Arctic Ocean; Beaufort Sea; Mackenzie Delta; Labrador; Hudson Strait; Davis Strait; Nares
Strait; Baffin Bay; Labrador Sea; Jones Sound; Lomonosov Ridge; Lincoln Sea; M'Clure Strait |
| Lat/Long WENS | -160.0000 -56.0000 90.0000 50.0000 |
| Subjects | marine geology; fossil fuels; Science and Technology; Nature and Environment; continental margins; sedimentary basins; petroleum resources; hydrocarbon potential; Saglek Basin; Baffin Margin; Hudson Bay
Basin; Moose River Basin; Arctic Platform; Arctic Margin; Sverdrup Basin; Arctic Basin; Eglinton Basin; Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin; Canada Basin; Hudson Strait Grabens; Franklinian Mobile Belt; Baffin Fan; Phanerozoic |
| Illustrations | location maps |
| Program | Marine Conservation Targets |
| Released | 2022 05 18 |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This map shows the interpreted conventional hydrocarbon potential of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and adjacent offshore areas. It is based on the
interpreted presence or absence of petroleum systems elements (source rock, reservoir, trap, and seal) in each area. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 329968 |
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