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The aeromagnetic data can illustrate the presence of certain rock types, anomalous zones and structures in the Earth’s upper crust. To achieve this...
CGG Dighem EM System bird used for electromagnetic and horizontal-gradient magnetic survey of the central Slave craton area, Northwest Territories, (Credit: NTGS)
Airborne electromagnetic and horizontal-gradient magnetic survey of the central Slave craton area, Northwest Territories
Permafrost is a geological manifestation of cold climate, which affects terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and influences virtually all community and...
A aeromagnetic survey was completed for an area west of the North Arm of Great Slave Lake, between Behchoko and Fort Providence, NWT. The resulting...
The Northwest Territories Geological Survey (NTGS) completed a regional stream sediment sampling program across the Mackenzie Mountains, in...
Donated mineral exploration information stored in less-than-ideal conditions. Credit: NTGS.
The Northwest Territories Geological Survey is developing a digital database of donated geological records from past exploration projects and closed...
The geology of the Flat River - Howards Pass area in the Selwyn Mountains (western NWT) is poorly understood, even though it's rich in minerals...
This project uses existing digital geological data to assemble a 1:250,000 scale map of NWT bedrock geology for inclusion in a Geographic Information...
Empty racks in the Geological Materials Storage Facility in Yellowknife, NWT. (Credit: NTGS)
The Northwest Territories Geological Survey Geological Materials Storage Warehouse and viewing facility allows clients to access and study our core...
The pseudotachylite in the centre of this photo formed under high pressure associated with rapid movement along a fault zone.
Geothermal energy is thermal energy generated and stored in the earth. It is generated by the radioactive decay of Uranium, Thorium, and Potassium in...
The Liard Basin Hydrocarbon Project is a multi-year (2012-15) investigation of the natural gas potential of the southwestern NWT.  We are...
The purpose of the mapping project is to show the well locations and quantity of the conventional gas resources in the mainland NWT outside of the...
The Northwest Territories Mining Incentive Program (MIP) provides funding to prospectors and exploration companies who propose new exploration...
The Nonacho bedrock mapping project aims to provide better geoscience knowledge for a poorly known area of the southeastern Northwest Territories.
Lakes in the Mackenzie Delta. Credit: NTGS.
The objective of the NWT Thermokarst Mapping Collective is to establish a collaborative approach to develop and implement a mapping methodology to...
An annual review of mineral exploration and resource development in the Northwest Territories.
Thaw slumps occur in areas of ice-rich permafrost. Slumps develop on hillslopes and usually occur along the shorelines of lakes, rivers and...
Middle Devonian age basinal Bluefish and Canol shale overlying Hume platform carbonates at Flyaway Creek NWT. Credit: Viktor Terlaky, NTGS
Petroleum Play Summaries are short papers designed to efficiently convey key information about significant prospective hydrocarbon trends in the...

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