NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Reyes, Alberto
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4776. The objective of this project is to directly date the retreat of the northwest sector of the Laurentide ice sheet at the end of the last ice age, using glacial boulder surface exposure ages at six sites along a ~600-km transect through NWT. At each of the six sites, the research team will circle the area from the ...

Principal Investigator: Lenz, Alfred C.
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988
Summary: The researchers will collect samples of shales and limestone at regular intervals (usually about every 1 metre or less). Samples of rock of up to 1-2 kg are collected from each horizon. Samples will be bagged and shipped back to the university for further study. This study will help researchers better understand the geological history of the Arctic....

Principal Investigator: Peterson, Tony D.
Licensed Year(s): 1994
Summary: Collection of rock samples and subsequent study by examination of thin sections, geochemical analyses, and geological mapping. Work in the field is conducted by boat and foot traversing with some support by aircraft. This will be done in order to determine the geological history of Archean crystalline rocks....

Principal Investigator: Arne, Dennis C.
Licensed Year(s): 1994
Summary: Rock samples will be collected in order to examine their structure and composition. Tests conducted on these samples will provide information about how these rocks were formed and the maximum temperatures to which these rocks were heated. These tests, conducted at Dalhousie University, will help to determine the geological history of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago....

Principal Investigator: Dixon, James
Licensed Year(s): 1996 1994 1993 1992 1991
Summary: This ongoing study involves identifying, measuring and sampling the different types of rock found at selected sites. Most of the work will be conducted using a helicopter based out of Inuvik, with visits made to the sites on a daily basis. Temporary camps for 1-2 nights will be set up if sites require more than one day of work. The data collected will be used to develop a history of the area's ...

Principal Investigator: Dixon, O.A.
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992 1990 1988
Summary: In the Arctic Islands, we are studying rocks and the fossils found within these rocks that were formed more than 400 million years ago in warm tropical seas. This study is expected to help in describing the temperatures, climate and water depths of these ancient seas. We are also studying the types of fossil corals and sponge-like animals that are not present in our seas today....

Principal Investigator: Frisch, Thomas
Licensed Year(s): 1992
Summary: Large scale faults and folds are exposed on the shores of Prince of Wales Island. The rocks and structures in this region will be examined to help resolve the geological history of the uplift....

Principal Investigator: Henderson, John B.
Licensed Year(s): 1992
Summary: The research will collect information to produce maps which outline the distribution of various rock types, attempting to show their relationship to each other in order to understand their history, how they orignially formed and what has happened to them between then and now. This data will also assist in the search for mineral deposits in the study area....

Principal Investigator: Baragar, Robert
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: The Researchers will survey and samples exposures of suspected carbonatites discovered after field work in 1985....

Principal Investigator: Dixon, O.A.
Licensed Year(s): 1978
Summary: To obtain further understanding of the geological history of the Somerset-Cornwallis Islands region. Field work includes limited geological mapping, measurement of stratigraphic sections and the collection of rock and fossil specimens for further laboratory and analysis....