NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Adepoju, Yaqub Olabanji
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5569. The objectives of the project and its importance are to close the knowledge gap created by age of the last field study and proprietary nature of other geological studies in the Mackenzie Delta. At each field station, the team of researchers will record field observation of the physical properties of rock formations...

Principal Investigator: Kelly, Holly
Licensed Year(s): 2020
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4568. The study will document natural variations in the surface water conditions within the Exploration License (EL 494) area and monitor potential impact of oil and gas exploration activities. Surface Water Quality Sample Collection: Surface water samples will be collected from selected sampling locations targeted near...

Principal Investigator: von Kuster, Jenica
Licensed Year(s): 2018 2017 2016
Summary: The study is to continue to establish natural variations in the surface water conditions within the Exploration Licence (EL 494) area and monitor potential impact of oil and gas exploration activities. Surface Water Quality Sample Collection: Collect surface water samples from a reduced number of sampling locations targeted near areas where exploration activities have occurred. The water sampl...

Principal Investigator: Dallimore, Scott R
Licensed Year(s): 2019 2018
Summary: The research goals are to ascertain the formation of marine pock marks, which are circular depressions on the sea floor thought to have formed from the release of methane gas. The hypothesis is that these features are actively releasing gas to the atmosphere and that they are formed from the release of methane from degrading or thawing offshore permafrost. The research team intend to document the ...

Principal Investigator: Hadlari, Thomas
Licensed Year(s): 2016
Summary: The objective of this research is to improve the public understanding of geology in the region, including folding and faulting, stratigraphic relationships, tectonic history, and unique hydrocarbon and mineral potential of Devonian strata. This objective includes sharing geoscience information with all interested parties through the production of geology maps or reports and journal papers on the g...

Principal Investigator: Dallimore, Scott R
Licensed Year(s): 2016
Summary: This research will take place onboard the Canadian Coast Guard Service icebreaker Sir Wilfrid Laurier during its annual multi-tasked Arctic Patrol that traverses the Canadian western Arctic. The research shares the logistics with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada researcher Dr. Humfrey Melling. This work builds on marine research expeditions onboard the Laurier in 2010, 2012 and 2013. ...

Principal Investigator: Fallas, Karen M
Licensed Year(s): 2016 2015
Summary: The objective of this research is to improve the public understanding of bedrock geology from the Colville Hills region across the Mackenzie and Peel plains to the Mackenzie Mountains, including folding and faulting, stratigraphic relationships, tectonic history, and petroleum generation. This objective includes sharing geoscience information with all interested parties through the production of b...

Principal Investigator: Martel, Edith
Licensed Year(s): 2007 2006
Summary: The objectives of the Sekwi Mountain project are: (1) Provide an updated geological database for a segment of the Mackenzie Mountains; (2) Assess the mineral potential of the area; (3) Assess the hydrocarbon (oil and gas, coal) potential of the area; (4) Provide tectonic model for the assembly of the Mackenzie Mountains; (5) Produce an user-friendly guide to the geology of the Canol Heritage Trail...

Principal Investigator: Zantvoort, Willem
Licensed Year(s): 2007 2006 2005
Summary: Peel Plateau and Plain, an area with hydrocarbon potential spanning the NWT-Yukon border, lies southwest of the Mackenzie River, north of the Mackenzie Mountains, and east of the Richardson Mountains. A primary objective of this project is to expand geoscience knowledge to aid in informed land use decisions, as well as stimulate petroleum exploration, industry investment, and economic development ...

Principal Investigator: Millman, Peter M
Licensed Year(s): 2007 2006
Summary: Devon Canada’s Sahtu Gravity Survey, 2006 has been designed in an effort to prioritize the seismic data acquisition (seismic lines) for a joint Talisman-Devon seismic program proposed within the project area during the winter of 2006-07. The gravity survey is a reconnaissance tool that allows geophysical data to be acquired over a large area in a short amount of time, and upon processing and inte...