Research and Activities
Permafrost terrain is changing across the Northwest Territories, often resulting in major environmental and societal impacts. Information about...
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...
Petroleum Play Summaries are short papers designed to efficiently convey key information about significant prospective hydrocarbon trends in the...
The project aims to more thoroughly establish the stratigraphic timing and provenance of the various units in the Paleoproterozoic East Arm basin of...
The Slave Geological Province is known to contain numerous occurrences lithium-cesium-tantalum (LCT) and niobium-yttrium-fluorine (NYF) pegmatites,...
Four seismic (earthquake) monitoring stations were installed surrounding Norman Wells to monitor seismic activity in the oil and gas leases in the...
A previously poorly understood area of the northern Mackenzie Mountains was mapped to improve understanding of its geological history and potential...
There is potential for the discovery of new shale oil and gas reserves in NWT’s mainland basins because of the known high quality, mature source...
The Slave Province is a geological formation that lies between Great Slave Lake and Coronation Gulf. The area contains some of the oldest known...
The Slave Geological Province lies between Great Slave Lake and Coronation Gulf, and is well known for its world-class gold and diamond deposits. ...
The South Rae project aims to provide better geoscience knowledge for the southeast corner of the Northwest Territories. This area was last mapped...
The primary aim of this project is to provide a modern geological map and update our geological knowledge base of the southern Wopmay orogen of the...
Looking at stream sediments provides an effective way to find mineral deposits in remote areas where there is an established drainage network....
Surficial geology refers to the study of unconsolidated sediments lying on top of the bedrock. It is also referred to as Quaternary geology since...
Amblygonite and montebrasite are lithium phosphate minerals which form end members of a solid-solution series and occur in granitic pegmatites...