Tectonomagmatic Evolution of the Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Régions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut

étiquettes: physical sciences, geology, geomorphology

chercheur principal: Muecke, Gunter K. (3)
Nᵒ de permis: 9066
Organisation: Department of Geology, Dalhousie University
Année(s) de permis: 1992 1990 1989
Délivré: janv. 01, 1989
Équipe de projet: Dr. David Ritcey; Mr. Andrew Henry

Objectif(s): to define the connection between the opening of the Arctic Ocean during the Cretaceous period, development of a continental margin, major crustal extension and rapid subsidence in the Sverdrup Basin, and voluminous basaltic magmatism; to investigate the field relations, petrology, mineralogy, geochemistry, and geochronology of the magmatic rocks of the area

Description du projet: Dr. Muecke and his team will be traveling to Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg Islands to investigate the field relations, petrology, mineralogy, geochemistry, and geo-chronology of magmatic rocks of the northern Canadian Arctic Islands.