The Snowbird Tectonic Zone, Saskatchewan - NWT
Regions: South Slave Region, Kivalliq Region, Nunavut
Tags: physical sciences, geology, tectonic movement, rock
| Principal Investigator: | Hanmer, Simon (1) |
| Licence Number: | 12128 |
| Organization: | Continental Geoscience Division, GSC |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1992
|
| Issued: | Jan 01, 1992 |
| Project Team: | Chris Kopf |
Objective(s): To trace the Snowbird Tectonic Zone, in N. Saskatchewan into the southern Keewatin District with a view to testing the hypothesis that the paleohorizontal in the ca.2.6 Ga continental crust plunges to the NE in the area between Lake Athabasca and Snowbird Lake; Snowbird Lake.
Project Description: The Snowbird tectonic zone is a 3000 km long linear feature fisible in the gravity map of the Canadian Shield. Based on past research the hypothesis that high temperature rocks must plunge to great depths somewhere between Lakes Athabasca and Baker will be tested. tested.
