Tectonomagmatic Evolution of the Scerdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
Tags: physical sciences, geology, geochemistry, subsidence, petrology, mineralogy, geochronology, geological evolution, continental crust
| Principal Investigator: | Muecke, Gunter K. (3) |
| Licence Number: | 10153 |
| Organization: | Department of Geology, Dalhousie University |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1992
1990
1989
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1990 |
| Project Team: | A. Macreae; D. Fisher; |
Objective(s): To define the connections 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 voluninous basaltic magmatism;
Project Description: The Researcher and assistants will investigate the field relations, petrology, mineralogy, geochemistry, and geochronology of magmatic rocks of the northern Canadian Arctic Islands.
