Regions: Sahtu Settlement Area
Tags: physical sciences, geology, fossils, stratigraphy, archaeology
Principal Investigator: | Pratt, Brian R. (7) |
Licence Number: | 13093 |
Organization: | University of Saskatchewan |
Licensed Year(s): |
2012
2002
2000
1998
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Issued: | Mar 17, 2000 |
Project Team: | field assistant |
Objective(s): Outcrops in the Mackenzie Mountains preserve an almost uninterrupted sequence of strata of Cambrian age. This study aims to collect in bed-by-bed detail the trilobite fossils from the Rockslide Formation, the Middle Cambrian portion of the sequence. The
Project Description: We will study rocks in the Backbone Ranges of the Mackenzie Mountains, chartering a helicopter from Watson Lake to install and move light-weight camps and bring back samples. The strata of interest are exposed on mountainsides and brick-sized samples will be collected at measured intervals, labelled and placed in plastic sample bags. Enclosed fossils are recovered after preparation in the laboratory.