Geology, Norman Wells (northeast), Northwest Territories / [by] K.M. Fallas.: M183-1/99-2012E-PDF

"The northeast quadrant of Norman Wells map area (NTS 96-E) occupies part of the Franklin Mountains, Northwest Territories. The area varies from low-lying forested plain to high rocky ridges, with bedrock exposures concentrated along the mountainous ridges, stream banks, and lake shores. Cordilleran deformation from the southwest has uplifted Cambrian to Devonian strata along faults and anticlinal folds. Structures in the area display a variation in trend from northwest to north and northeast, reflecting the influence of pre-existing normal faults on Cordilleran structural development. An unconformity at the base of Upper Cretaceous strata cuts more deeply into underlying Devonian and older strata through the central portion of the map area, a reflection of uplift along the Keele Arch before deposition of the Slater River Formation. A potential reservoir in buried Cambrian sandstone has been the focus of petroleum exploration activity in this map area"--Abstract.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Natural Resources Canada, issuing body.
Geological Survey of Canada, issuing body.
Title Geology, Norman Wells (northeast), Northwest Territories / [by] K.M. Fallas.
Series title Canadian geoscience map ; No. 99
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 978-1-100-20906-7
Catalogue number
  • M183-1/99-2012E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number 292291
Cartographic data Scale 1:100,000
Subject terms Geological maps
Geomorphology
Surficial geology
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