Tectonomagmatic Evolution of the Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
Tags: physical sciences, geology, geomorphology
| Principal Investigator: | Muecke, Gunter K. (3) |
| Licence Number: | 9066 |
| Organization: | Department of Geology, Dalhousie University |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1992
1990
1989
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1989 |
| Project Team: | Dr. David Ritcey; Mr. Andrew Henry |
Objective(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
Project Description: 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.
