Title | Baffin Island and the Labrador-Baffin Seaway GIS data |
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Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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Author | Dafoe, L T ;
Bingham-Koslowski, N |
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., https://doi.org/10.4095/330200 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 |
Related | This publication is related to the following publications |
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File format | tiff; gdb |
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 Labrador Sea, Davis Strait, and Baffin Bay offshore regions, collectively referred to as the Labrador-Baffin Seaway, and their onshore margins including Baffin Island, Bylot Island, and West
Greenland, form a region with a complex geological history developed through successive tectonic events. This complex geological and tectonic history is described in detail in this volume, a collaborative undertaking under the Geological Survey of
Canada's Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals 2 program (GEM-2), with contributions from external partners. Knowledge from pre-existing studies, essential contributions from collaborators, and GEM research results have been incorporated into the 14
papers contained in this volume, which summarize previous geological and geophysical knowledge and include novel insights from a regional perspective that serve as a guide for future research and exploration activities. The papers in the volume
highlight both onshore and offshore studies in order to produce a comprehensive synopsis of the geological history of the region, with corresponding high-resolution reference maps and figures, and select GIS data sets. This compilation is divided
into sections covering Precambrian and Paleozoic geology, Mesozoic to present geology, and resources within the region. |
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 | 330200 |
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