Principal Investigator:Knox, Bernadette Licensed Year(s):
2023
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5525.
The objective of this work is to update and increase the understanding of the geological history of this area of the north-central Slave craton, Northwest Territories.
This work will be conducted mostly on foot with access along the water provided by canoe and zodiac boat. The research team will be walking the lan...
Principal Investigator:Jerrett, Rhodri Licensed Year(s):
2019
Summary:
The research team have chosen this site in the Northwest Territories to collect coal samples from, as it contains the Cretaceous-Paleogene sandstone and iridium-anomaly that places the ages of these coals in that period. The team will access pristine coal samples by excavating the weathered rock back by 1 m (using spade and shovel). They will then sample a vertical profile by collecting coal sampl...