Publications
The Northwest Territories Geoscience Office releases results from scientific research programs in a variety of forms, including reports and maps. NTGO publications comply with adopted standards, and fall into one of the following four categories:
Mineral Potential Series
A Mineral Potential Series publication consists of a dataset compiled to highlight an area or a commodity of perceived interest to the mineral exploration community. Its intent is to provide a snapshot of the latest data relating to a given target of exploration or geographic area, presented in a context which aids interpretation, and to attract interest to under-explored areas within the NWT.
NWT Open Report
Open Reports are releases of raw data or uninterpreted data. The data have not been subjected to rigorous review; the intent is to make information available to the public in a timely manner, and allow access to geoscience data that might not otherwise be released.
NWT Open File
Open Files are generally final reports or maps summarizing results of geoscience research undertaken by the NTGO or one of its partners. Open Files are subjected to two rounds of reviews: an initial scientific (generally internal and external) review of data, interpretations and conclusions for content, and a final technical review for content and format.
Educational Publication
Educational Publications are intended for a non-geological audience. Their content ranges from scientific to non-scientific. They may contain previously published data presented in a new form, or original data collected specifically for the Educational Publication, but will not contain original scientific material which is intended for later publication elsewhere.
Our publications list can be perused or searched through Gateway - choose from the NTGO Publication category.
NTGO staff from time to time contribute to scientific journals published outside our Office; these contributions can be listed by the NORMIN Reference Query; choose a Megatype of NTGO Contribution.
