Geology, Mahony Lake (southeast), Northwest Territories / [by] K.M. Fallas.: M183-1/90-2012E-PDF

"The southeast quadrant of the Mahony Lake map area (NTS 96-F) straddles the boundary between the Great Bear Plain and the Franklin Mountains, Northwest Territories. The mountain range extending north-northwest from Mount St. Charles (informally known as the St. Charles range), overlooks an area dominated by a low, undulating, forested plain with very sparse bedrock exposure. The west-flowing Great Bear River dissects both the Great Bear Plain and the St. Charles range. The plain is underlain by flat-lying to gently folded Cretaceous sedimentary strata. Folded and faulted Paleozoic carbonate strata are exposed at surface along the St. Charles range. The steep reverse faults truncating anticlinal folds are associated with Cordilleran deformation at the eastern edge of the Franklin Mountains. Cretaceous strata are preserved unconformably above Devonian strata on either side of the St. Charles range. Historical exploration by petroleum companies in the area targeted potential reservoirs in buried Cambrian strata. Public-domain seismic-reflection profiles archived with the National Energy Board were used to help constrain the distribution of map units and structures"--Abstract.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Natural Resources Canada, issuing body.
Geological Survey of Canada, issuing body.
Title Geology, Mahony Lake (southeast), Northwest Territories / [by] K.M. Fallas.
Series title Canadian geoscience map ; No. 90
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Includes bibliographical references.
Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information Ottawa : Natural Resources Canada, c2013.
Author / Contributor Fallas, K. M., author.
Description 1 map : col.
ISBN 978-1-100-20897-8
Catalogue number
  • M183-1/90-2012E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number 292282
Cartographic data Scale 1:100,000
Subject terms Geological maps
Lakes
Surficial geology
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