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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 8556

Qualitative petroleum resource assessment of the Magdalen Basin in the Gulf of St. Lawrence;
Quebec, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador

E.A. Atkinson, P.W. Durling, K. Kublik, C.J. Lister, H.M. King, L.E. Kung, Y. Jassim, W.M. McCarthy, and N. Hayward

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 2020

Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.4095/321856

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Recommended citation

Atkinson, E.A., Durling, P.W., Kublik, K., Lister, C.J., King, H.M., Kung, L.E., Jassim, Y., McCarthy, W.M., 
      and Hayward, N., 2020. Qualitative petroleum resource assessment of the Magdalen Basin in the Gulf 
      of St. Lawrence; Quebec, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and 
      Labrador; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8556, 1 .zip file. https://doi.org/10.4095/321856

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Contents

The zip folder contains the GIS compilation of data used to perform the stacked cumulative chance of success in Open file 8556. 

Directory structure

of_8556.pdf (report)
of_8556_readme.rtf (this file)
The Open File is divided as follows:

\Layer Files	- Contains layer files for use with the shapefiles and geodatabase
\Shapefiles	- Contains the shapefiles of the data
\	- Contains the readme file and GIS information
\				- Contains the ESRI® File GeodatabaseTM, xml, and mxd

Author contact information

Elizabeth Atkinson (elizabeth2.atkinson@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
3303 33rd Street Northwest, 
Calgary, Alberta
T2L 2A7

Paul Durling (paul.durling@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
1 Challenger Drive
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia 
B2Y 4A2

Christopher Lister (christopher.lister@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
3303 33rd Street Northwest, 
Calgary, Alberta
T2L 2A7

Heather King (heather.king@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
3303 33rd Street Northwest, 
Calgary, Alberta
T2L 2A7

Lindsay Kung (lindsay.kung@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
3303 33rd Street Northwest, 
Calgary, Alberta
T2L 2A7

Nathan Hayward (nathan.hayward@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
1500 - 605 Robson Street
Vancouver, British Columbia 
V6B 5J3

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