Status: Ongoing
In association with colleagues at the Geological Survey of Canada (Calgary) and Laurentian University, biostratigraphic research and analysis is being conducted on northern Canadian palaeontologic and stratigraphic questions in the Mackenzie Mountains, Selwyn Basin, and the subsurface region around the Colville Hills, in the Northwest Territories and Yukon.
Project Team
Dr. Robert MacNaughton (Geological Survey of Canada – Calgary)
Dr. Karen Fallas (Geological Survey of Canada – Calgary)
Dr. Elizabeth Turner (Laurentian University)
Dr. Chad Morgan (Yukon University)
Matthew Sommers MSc (Calgary)
R. William Scott MSc (Laurentian University)
Publications
MacNaughton, R.B., Fallas, K.M., Turner, E.C., Morgan, C.A., Gingras, M.K., and Sommers, M.J. 2025. Sahtu Basin – a replacement name for the Cambrian (Series 2 and Miaolingian) depositional basin underlying the Northern Interior Plains of Canada. Bulletin of Canadian Energy Geoscience, 72(2), 77-82. DOI: 10.35767/gscpgbull.72.2.77
Sommers, M.J., Gingras, M.K., MacNaughton, R.B., Fallas, K.M., and Morgan, C.A. 2020. Subsurface analysis and correlation of Mount Clark and lower Mount Cap formations (Cambrian), Northern Interior Plains, Northwest Territories. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, 68(1), 1-29. DOI: 0.35767/gscpgbull.68.1.1
Funding
Natural Resources Canada