NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Canam, Rebecca
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5905. The Hill Island Lake bedrock mapping project is a multidisciplinary geosciences program led by the Northwest Territories Geological Survey, in collaboration with several university researchers. The main research objective of this project is to conduct regional bedrock mapping and supporting analytical work to improve...

Principal Investigator: Schaeffer, Andrew
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5310. This project aims to better characterize tectonic activity and evolution across the study region through improved monitoring of earthquakes and GPS motions. Using a temporary network of seismometers, the research team will produce an updated catalogue of earthquakes targeting more precise locations and depths, frequen...

Principal Investigator: Cobbett, Rose
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4696. The objective is to use geochemistry (composition of rocks) and geochronology (dating of rocks) to characterize volcanic rocks in order to better understand the environment that they were formed in and in turn learn about the tectonic history of western North America through Paleozoic time (~541 - 252 Million years). ...

Principal Investigator: Cobbett, Rose
Licensed Year(s): 2019
Summary: The objective is to use geochemistry (composition of rocks) and geochronology (dating of rocks) to characterize volcanic rocks in order to better understand the environment that they were formed in and in turn learn about the tectonic history of western North America through Paleozoic time (~541 - 252 Million years). Results will be published in a series of Yukon Geological Survey publications, se...

Principal Investigator: Thiessen, Eric
Licensed Year(s): 2017
Summary: The project goals are to visit an area of known exposed bedrock in southeastern Northwest Territories to produce a detailed geological map documenting rock type, structure, and metamorphic style. This work requires geological mapping and rock sample collection. A field camp consisting of single person tents will be set up as a low impact staging area for mapping. Mapping will be conducted by f...

Principal Investigator: Turner, Elizabeth C
Licensed Year(s): 2013
Summary: This project seeks to understand the ancient marine environments recorded in these rocks, and thereby to interpret this poorly known, dramatic time in North America’s tectonic evolution. The areas addressed will be those that were briefly described in 1993: 1 location is in Yukon Territory (YT) and 2 are in Northwest Territories (NWT). This work will complement licensed research currently under wa...

Principal Investigator: Jones, Alan
Licensed Year(s): 1999
Summary: The objective of the study is to investigate the structure and composition of the earth's crust and upper mantle to depths greater than 60 km in northern British Columbia, NWT and BC. At eight locations along NWT hwy. 7, sensors will be lowered into small (1 m long x 25 cm wide x 25cm deep) holes dug in the ground . These sensors will measure the time variations of the Earth's natural electrical ...

Principal Investigator: Jones, Alan
Licensed Year(s): 1999 1998
Summary: The objective of the study is to investigate the structure and composition of the earth's crust and upper mantle to depths greater than 200km along the Lupin Mine winter road east from Yellowknife to Contwoyto Lake. At approximately 20-25 locations along the 600 km winter road, sensors will be lowered through small holes drilled through the ice onto lake bottoms. These sensors will measure the tim...

Principal Investigator: Bleeker, Wouter
Licensed Year(s): 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
Summary: Researchers will conduct routine geological research out of small mobile camps by means of traverse and boat work. The researchers will observe and describe bedrock geology at a large number of sites. This will be done in order to gain an understanding of the geological and tectonic history of the Slave structural province....

Principal Investigator: Lambert, Anthony
Licensed Year(s): 1985
Summary: To measure crustal deformation in North America leading to a better understanding of earthquakes and plate tectonics. Measurements will be made by the technique of long-baseline interferometry using a mobile radio telescope. (Continued from last year.)...