Thematic Structural, Stratigraphic and Geochronological Studies of the Slave Structural Province.

Régions: North Slave Region

étiquettes: physical sciences, geology, mapping, geological history

chercheur principal: Bleeker, Wouter (7)
Nᵒ de permis: 12985
Organisation: Geological Survey of Canada
Année(s) de permis: 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
Délivré: juil. 06, 1998
Équipe de projet: Dr. J. Ketchum, Bill Davis, Richard Stern, John Waldron, Keith Sircombe and assistants, Robert Sparks & Dr. Keith Benn and assistants

Objectif(s): To improve the geological understanding of the Slave Province in general and specific key areas in more detail (eg. area northeast of Yellowknife known as the "Sleepy Dragon Complex", and the Acarta Gneiss Complex" etc.) This will contribute to a new geological map for the Slave Province to be planned for 2000.

Description du projet: Map and describe the various rock types and assess their role in the complex geological history of the Slave Province. Fly-in / fly-out camps with small float planes to make daily traverses by foot or by boat to study the local rocks and collect small handsamples for laboratory work.