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General Synthesis and Landmark Publications (Historical)

Bamber, E. W., and Waterhouse, J. B. 1971. Carboniferous stratigraphy and paleontology, northern Yukon Territory, Canada. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 19, pp. 29-250.

Cecile, M. P. and Norford, B. S. 1993. Ordovician and Silurian; Subchapter 4C in Sedimentary Cover of the Craton, D. F. Stott and J. D. Aitken (eds.). Geological Survey of Canada, Geology of Canada No. 5, pp. 125-149 (also Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. D-1).

Coté, R.P., Lerand, M.M., and Rector, R.J. 1975. Geology of the Lower Cretaceous Parsons Lake gas field, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories. In: Canada's Continental Margins and Offshore Petroleum Exploration, C.J. Yorath, E.R. Parker, and D.J. Glass (eds.), Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 4, p. 613-632.

Dietrich, J. R., Dixon, J., and McNeil, D. H., 1985: Sequence analysis and nomenclature of Upper Cretaceous to Holocene strata in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin; in, Current Research, Part A. Geological survey of Canada, Paper 85-1A. p. 613-628.

Dixon, J. and Dietrich, J.R., 1990. Canadian Beaufort Sea and adjacent land areas: in The Arctic Ocean Region (A. Grantz, L. Johnson and J, Sweeney, eds.), Geological Society of America, v.L, p.239-256.

Embry, A.F. and J. Dixon. 1990. The breakup unconformity of the Amerasia Basin, Arctic Ocean: evidence from Arctic Canada: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 102, pp. 1526-1534.

Fritz, W. H., Cecile, M. P., Norford, B. S., Morrow, D., and Geldsetzer, H. H. J. 1991. Cambrian to Middle Devonian assemblages, Chapter 7. In: H. Gabrielse and C. J. Yorath (eds.), Geology of the Cordilleran Orogen in Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, Geology of Canada No. 4, pp. 151-218. (also, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. G2).

Gabrielse, H., and Yorath, C. J. 1991. Northern Yukon. In: H. Gabrielse (compiler), Structural Styles, Chapter 17. In: H. Gabrielse and C. J. Yorath (eds.), Geology of the Cordilleran Orogen in Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, Geology of Canada No. 4, p. 647-650. (also, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. G2).

Gardner, D.A. and Bates, A.C., 1987. Application of seismic stratigraphy to tectonic and facies interpretation of Tertiary sediments in the Canadian Beaufort Sea: in Proceedings of the 12th World Petroleum Congress, v.2., Exploration, p.179-188.

Hawkings, T.J. and Hatlelid, W.G., 1975. The regional setting of the Taglu gas field: in Canada's continental margins and offshore petroleum potential (C.J. Yorath, E.R. Parker and D.J. Glass, eds.), Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 4, p.633-648.

Lenz, A. C. 1972. Ordovician to Devonian history of northern Yukon and adjacent District of Mackenzie. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 20, pp. 321-361.

Lerand, M.M., 1973. Beaufort Sea: in The future petroleum provinces of Canada-their geology and potential (R.G. McCrossan, ed.), Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 1, p.315-386.

Monnier, F., Powell, T.G., and Snowdon, L.R., 1983: Qualitative and quantitative aspects of gas generation maturation of sedimentary organic matter: Examples from Canadian frontier basins; in Proceedings of 10th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry 1981, Bergen Norway, p. 487-495.

Mountjoy, E.W. 1967. Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary stratigraphy, northern Yukon Territory and northwestern District of Mackenzie, Geological Survey of Canada Paper 66-16, 70p.

Norris, D.K., 1984. Geology of the northern Yukon and northwestern District of Mackenzie. Geological Survey of Canada, Map 1581A.

Norris, D.K. 1997. Geology, mineral and hydrocarbon potential of northern Yukon Territory and northwestern District of Mackenzie. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 422. 401p.

Norris, D.K., and Yorath, C.J., 1981. The North American Plate from the Arctic Archipelago to the Romanzof Mountains. In: Nairn, A.E., Churkin, M., Jr., and Stehli, F.G. (eds.), The Ocean Basins and Margins, Volume 5, The Arctic Ocean, New York, Plenum Press, p. 37-103.

Snowdon, L. R., 1978: A preliminary report on resinite: A potential source in the Upper Cretaceous/Tertiary of the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 576, 30 p.

Snowdon, L. R. and Powell, T.G., 1979: Families of crude oils and condensates in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin; Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 27, p. 139-162.

Snowdon, L. R. and Powell, T.G., 1982: Immature oil and condensate: modification of hydrocarbon generation model for terrestrial organic matter; American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin, v. 66, p. 775-788.

Wheeler, J.O., and McFeely, P. 1991. Tectonic assemblage map of the Canadian Cordillera and adjacent parts of the United States of America. Geological Survey of Canada Map 1712A, 2 sheets, scale 1:2,000,000.

Yorath, C.J., and Cook, D.G., 1981. Cretaceous and Tertiary stratigraphy and paleogeography, Northern Interior Plains, District of Mackenzie. Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 398, 76p.

Young, F.G., 1975. Upper Cretaceous stratigraphy, Yukon coastal plain and northwestern Mackenzie Delta. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 249.

Young, F.G. and McNeil, D.H., 1984. Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 336, 63 p.

General References (Current)

Dixon, J. (Editor) 1996: Geological atlas of the Beaufort-Mackenzie area; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 59, 173 p.

Dixon, J., Dietrich, J.R., Snowdon, L.R., Morrell, G. and McNeil, D.H., 1992. Geology and petroleum potential of Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary strata, Beaufort-Mackenzie area, northwest Canada. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v.76, p.927-947.
 

Resource assessments

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, 2002: 2001 Statistical handbook for Canada's upstream petroleum industry. Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Calgary Alberta, Digital data files and irregularly paginated loose leaf binder. (Annually updated series)

Canadian Gas Potential Committee, 2001: Natural Gas Potential in Canada: 2001. Canadian Gas Potential Committee, Calgary, Tabulated loose-leaf binder with 19 Chapters of non-sequentially numbered pages.

Canadian Gas Potential Committee, 1997: Natural Gas Potential in Canada: A report by the Canadian Gas Potential Committee. Canadian Gas Potential Committee, Calgary, 103 p.

Dixon, J., Morrell, G.R., Dietrich, J.R., Procter, R.M., Taylor, G.C., Conn, R.F., Dallaire, S.M., and Christie, J.A. 1994. Petroleum resources of the Mackenzie Delta and Beaufort Sea. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 474, 52p.

Goodfellow, W. D., 1980. Regional stream sediment and water geochemical reconnaissance data, northern Yukon Territory (NTS 117A and parts of 117B, C and D); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 730 (Revision of Open File 565, 1979), 15 colour maps, 1:2,000,000 scale.

Findlay, D.C. and Caine, T.W. 1981. Assessment of mineral and fuel resource potential of the proposed Northern Yukon National Park and adjacent areas (Phase 1); Geological survey of Canada, Open File 760, 46 p., 9 inserts.

National Energy Board, 1998. Probabilistic estimate of hydrocarbon volumes in the Mackenzie Delta and Beaufort Sea discoveries. Calgary, 8p.

Thorpe, R. I. and Findlay, D. C. 1980. Preliminary mineral resource appraisal of parts of Yukon and Northwest Territories including proposed northern parks areas; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 691, 86p, 1 insert.
 

Resource Assessments Web links

INAC (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada), 2003: http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/oil/act/Lan/mps/bsmd_e.html. Website showing current land and drilling dispositions.

Morrell G. R., et al., 1995: Petroleum Exploration in Northern Canada: a guide to oil and gas exploration potential. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 110 p. also available through the web: http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/oil/bkgd/prospectus/index_e.html

National Energy Board, 2003: Canada's Energy Future: Scenarios for Supply and Demand to 2025. National Energy Board, Calgary, http://www.neb.gc.ca/energy/SupplyDemand/2003/index_e.htm.

National Energy Board, 1998: Probabilistic estimate of Hydrocarbon Volumes in the Mackenzie Delta and Beaufort Sea Discoveries. Calgary, http://www.neb-one.gc.ca/energy/, 8. pp. (note addition of web address for downloading file)

Northern Oil and Gas Directorate, 2003: Northern Oil and Gas Annual Report 2002. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Northern Oil and Gas Directorate, 6th Floor, 10 Wellington Street, Gatineau P.Q., http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/oil/ann/ann2002_e.html, (annually updated series of reports)
 

Stratigraphy and Sedimentology

Braman, D.R., 1985, The sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Husky Formation in the subsurface, District of Mackenzie, N.W.T. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 83-14, 24 p.

Dixon J. 1982: Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous subsurface stratigraphy of the Mackenzie Delta-Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, N.W.T. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 349, 52p.

Dixon J. 1991: The Neocomian Parson Group, northern Yukon and adjacent Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 406, 54p.

Dixon J. 1992a: A review of Cretaceous and Tertiary stratigraphy in the northern Yukon and adjacent Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 92-9.

Dixon J. 1992b: Mesozoic stratigraphy, Eagle Plain area, northern Yukon. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 408.

Dixon J. 1998. Permian and Triassic stratigraphy of Mackenzie Delta, and the British, Barn and Romanzof mountains, Yukon and Northwest territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 528, 46p.

Dixon, J., Dietrich, J.R., and McNeil, D.H. 1992: Upper Cretaceous to Holocene sequence stratigraphy of the Beaufort-Mackenzie and Banks Island areas, northwest Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 407, 90p.

Dixon, J., Mamet, B.L., and Wall, 1996, Carboniferous-Permian strata in the Unak L-28 and adjacent wells, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research 1996-B, p. 39-44.

Dixon, J., McNeil, D.H., Dietrich, J.R., Bujak, J.P., and Davies, E.H., 1984, Geology and biostratigraphy of the Dome Gulf et al. Hunt Kopanoar M-13 well, Beaufort Sea. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 82-13, 28 p.

Dixon, J., McNeil, D.H., Dietrich, J.R., and McIntyre, D.J., 1989, Barremian to Albian stratigraphy, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula and south Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 89-15, 16p.

Hill, P.R., Lewis, C.P., Desmarais, S., Kauppaymuthoo, V. and Rais, H. 2001. The Mackenzie Delta: sedimentary processes and facies of a high-latitude, fine-grained delta. Sedimentology v. 48, p. 1047-1078.

McNeil, D.H., Duk-Rodkin, A., Dixon, J., Dietrich, J.R., White, J.M., Miller, K.G., and Issler, D.R., 2001, Sequence stratigraphy, biotic change, 87Sr/86Sr record, paleoclimatic history, and sedimentation rate change across a regional late Cenozoic unconformity in Arctic Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 38, p. 309-331.

Morrow, D. W. 1999: Lower Paleozoic Stratigraphy of the northern Yukon Territory and northwestern District of Mackenzie; Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 538, 202p.

Norris, A. W., 1985: Stratigraphy of Devonian outcrop belts in northern Yukon Territory and northwestern District of Mackenzie (Operation Porcupine Area); Geological survey of Canada Memoir 410, 81p.

Poulton, T. P. 1982. Paleogeographic and tectonic implications of the Lower and Middle Jurassic facies patterns in northern Yukon Territory and adjacent Northwest Territories. In: A. F. Embry and H. R. Balkwill, Arctic Geology and Geophysics, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geology Memoir 8, pp. 13-27.

Poulton, T. P., 1997. Jurassic, In: The Geology, Mineral and Hydrocarbon potential of northern Yukon territory and northwestern District of Mackenzie, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 422, p. 267-299.

Poulton, T.P., Leskiw, K., and Audretsch, A.P. 1982. Stratigraphy and microfossils of Jurassic Bug Creek Group of northern Richardson Mountains, northern Yukon and adjacent Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 325, 130p.

Pugh, D. C. 1983: Pre-Mesozoic Geology in the subsurface of Peel River Map area, Yukon Territory and District of Mackenzie; Geological survey of Canada Memoir 401, 61p.

Wielans, J.B.W. 1992. The pre-Mesozoic stratigraphy and structure of Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 90-22, 90p.
 

Biostratigraphy

Brideaux, W.W. and McIntyre, D.J., 1975, Miospores and microplankton from Aptian-Albian rocks along Horton River, District of Mackenzie, Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 252, 85p.

Chamney, T.P., 1969, Barremian Textulariina, Foraminiferida from Lower Cretaceous beds, Mount Goodenough section, Aklavik Range, District of Mackenzie. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 185, 41 p.

Chamney, T.P., 1970, New species of Foraminifera, Cretaceous-Jurassic boundary, Arctic America. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 192, p. 95-109.

Chamney, T.P., 1978, Albian Foraminifera of the Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 253, 62 p.

Fowler, S.P. and Braun, W.K., 1993, Hauterivian to Barremian Foraminifera and biostratigraphy of the Mount Goodenough Formation, Aklavik Range, northwestern District of Mackenzie. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 443, 82 p.

Hedinger, A.S., 1993, Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian-Volgian) Foraminifera from the Husky Formation, Aklavik Range, District of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 439, 173 p.

Jeletzky, J.A., 1971, Marine Cretaceous biotic provinces and paleogeography of western and Arctic Canada: illustrated by a detailed study of ammonites. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 70-22, 92p.

McIntyre, D.J., 1974, Palynology of an Upper Cretaceous section, Horton River, District of Mackenzie, N.W.T. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 74-14, 57 p.

McIntyre, D.J. and Brideaux, W.W., 1980, Valanginian miospores and microplankton assemblages from the northern Richardson Mountains, District of Mackenzie, Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 320, 56 p.

McNeil, D.H., 1983, Jadammina statuminis, n. sp., in the Eocene Richards shale, Mackenzie Delta area of Arctic Canada. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, v. 13, p. 219-223.

McNeil, D.H., 1989, Foraminiferal zonation and biofacies analysis of Cenozoic strata in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin of Arctic Canada. Current Research, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 89-1A, p. 203-223.

McNeil, D.H., 1990, Stratigraphy and paleoecology of the Eocene Stellarima Assemblage Zone (pyrite diatom steinkerns) in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, Arctic Canada. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 38, p. 17-27.

McNeil, D.H., 1997, New foraminifera from the Upper Cretaceous and Cenozoic of the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin of Arctic Canada. Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication no. 35, 95 p.

McNeil, D.H. and Birchard, M.C., 1989, Cenozoic foraminiferal interval zones and sequence tops in 66 exploration wells, Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 2121, 37p.

McNeil, D.H., Dietrich, J.R., and Dixon, J., 1990, Foraminiferal biostratigraphy and seismic sequences: examples from the Cenozoic of the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, Arctic Canada. In Paleoecology, Biostratigraphy, Paleoceanography and Taxonomy of Agglutinated Foraminifera, C. Hemleben, M.A. Kaminski, W. Kuhnt, and D.B. Scott, (eds.), NATO ASI Series C, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, v. 327p. 859-882.

Norris, G., 1986, Systematic and stratigraphic palynology of Eocene to Pliocene strata in the Imperial Nuktak C-22 well, Mackenzie Delta region, District of Mackenzie, N.W.T. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 340, 89 p.

Norris, G., 1997, Paleocene-Pliocene deltaic to inner shelf palynostratigraphic zonation, depositional environments and paleoclimates in the Imperial ADGO F-28 well, Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 523, 71 p.

Parsons, MG. and Norris, G., 1999, Paleogene fungi from the Caribou Hills, Mackenzie Delta, northern Canada. Palaeontographica Abt. B, bd. 250, p. 77-167.

Schröder-Adams, C.J. and McNeil, D.H., 1994b, Oligocene to Miocene agglutinated foraminifers in deltaic and deep-water facies of the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 477, 67 p.

Staplin, F.L. (ed.), 1976. Tertiary biostratigraphy, Mackenzie Delta region, Canada. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, 24: 117-136.

Tapia, P.M. and Harwood, D.M., 2002, Upper Cretaceous diatom biostratigraphy of the Arctic archipelago and northern continental margin, Canada. Micropaleontology, v. 48, p. 303-342.

White, J.M., Ager, T.A., Adam, D.P., Leopold, E.B., Liu, G., Jetté, H., Schweger, C.E. 1997. An 18 million year record of vegetation and climate change in northwestern Canada and Alaska: tectonic and global climatic correlates. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 130, p. 293-306.

White, J.M., Ager, T.A., Adam, D.P., Leopold, E.B., Liu, G., Jetté and Schweger, C.E., 1999. Neogene and Quaternary quantitative palynostratigraphy and paleoclimatology from sections in Yukon and adjacent Northwest Territories and Alaska. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 543, 30 p.
 

Structural Geology and Tectonics

Cook, F.A., Coflin K.C., Lane, L.S., Dietrich, J.R. and Dixon, J., 1987. Structure of the southeast margin of the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, Arctic Canada. Geology, v. 15, p. 931-935.

Dietrich, J.R. and Lane, L.S., 1992. Geology and structural evolution of the Demarcation Subbasin and Herschel High, Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, Arctic Canada. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v.40, p.188-197.

Dietrich, J.R., Coflin, K.C., Lane, L.S., Dixon, J. and Cook F.A., 1989. Interpretation of deep seismic reflection data, Beaufort Sea, Arctic Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 2106.

Lane, L. S. 1992. Kaltag Fault, northern Yukon, Canada: Constraints on evolution of Arctic Alaska. Geology, v. 20, pp.653-656.

Lane, L.S. 1996. Geometry and Tectonics of Tertiary deformation in northern Yukon. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 44. p. 337-348.

Lane, L. S., 1997, Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean: Evidence against a rotational origin: Tectonics, v. 16, p. 363-387.

Lane, L. S., 1998, Late Cretaceous-Tertiary tectonic evolution of northern Yukon and adjacent Arctic Alaska. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 82.p. 1353-1371.

Lane, L.S. and Dietrich, J.R., 1991. Preliminary interpretation of the 1989 deep seismic reflection program in the western Beaufort Sea. Geological Survey of Canada, open file 2396.

Lane, L. S., and Dietrich, J. R. 1995. Tertiary structural evolution of the Beaufort Sea - Mackenzie Delta region, Arctic Canada. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 43, p. 293-314.

Mortensen, J.K. and Bell, R.T., 1991, U-Pb zircon and titanite geochronology of the Mount Sedgwick pluton, northern Yukon Territory: In Radiogenic Age and Isotope Studies, Report 4, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 90-2, p. 19-24.

O'Leary, D., Ellis, R.M., Stephenson, R.A., Lane, L.S., Zelt, C.A. 1995. Crustal structure of the northern Yukon Beaufort Sea region. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 100, p. 9905-9920.

O'Sullivan, P. B., and L. S. Lane, 1997. Early Tertiary thermotectonic history of the northern Yukon and adjacent Northwest Territories, Arctic Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 34, p. 1366-1378.

Stephenson, R. A., Coflin, K. C., Lane, L. S. and Dietrich J. R. 1994. Crustal Structure and Tectonics of the southeastern Beaufort Sea continental margin. Tectonics. v. 13, p. 389-400.

Stephenson, R.A. and Smolyaninova, E.I. 1999. Neotectonics and seismicity in the south-eastern Beaufort Sea, polar continental margin of north-western Canada; Journal of Geodynamics, v. 27, p. 175-190.

Petrophysics and Basin Modeling

Bloch, J. and Issler, D.R. 1996. Petrographic and geochemical analyses of Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin shales. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 3220, 95p.

Issler, D.R. 1992. A new approach to shale compaction and stratigraphic restoration, Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin and Mackenzie Corridor, northern Canada. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 76, p. 1170-1189.

Issler, D.R., Katsube, T.J., Bloch, J.D. and McNeil, D.H. 2002. Shale compaction and overpressure in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin of northern Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 4192, 10 p. (available as CD-ROM and/or hardcopy versions)

Issler, D.R. and Katsube, T.J. 1994. Effective porosity of shale samples from the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin. In: Current Research, 1994-B, Geological Survey of Canada, p. 19-26.

Katsube, T.J. and Issler, D.R. 1993. Pore-size distributions of shales from the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, northern Canada. In: Current Research, Part E, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 93-1E, p. 123-132.

Katsube, T.J., Issler, D.R. and Coyner, K. 1996. Petrophysical characteristics of shale from the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, northern Canada: permeability, formation factor and porosity vs. pressure. In: Current Research 1996-B; Geological Survey of Canada, p. 45-50.

Majorowicz, J.A., Skinner, W.R. and Safanda, J. 2004. Large ground warming in the Canadian Arctic inferred from inversions of temperature logs; Earth and Planetary Science Letters, in press.

White, J.M. and Issler, D.R. 1995. Neogene and Quaternary climate and biostratigraphy: why should the oil and gas industry care? In: Bell, J.S., Bird, T.D., Hillier, T.L. and Greener, P.L. (eds.), Proceedings of the Oil and Gas Forum '95 - Energy from Sediments, Geological Survey of Canada Open File 3058, p. 501-508.

Organic Maturity

Dougherty, B. J., Abercrombie, H.J., Achab, A., Bertrand, R., Goodarzi, F., Snowdon, L.R., and Utting, J., 1991: Correlation of thermal maturity indicators for the Tenlen A - 73, Crossley Lake South K - 60, And Kugaluk N - 02 wells in the northern District of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories; in Current Research, Part E; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 91-01E, p. 197-202.

Link, C. M. and Bustin, R. M. 1989. Organic maturation and thermal history of Phanerozoic strata in northern Yukon and northwestern District of Mackenzie. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 37, pp. 266-292.

Link, C.M., Bustin, R.M. and Snowdon, L.R. 1989. Petroleum source potential and depositional setting of Phanerozoic strata in northern Yukon and northwestern District of Mackenzie; Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 37, p. 293-315

Majorowicz, J.A. and Dietrich, J.R. 1989. Comparison of the geothermal and organic maturation gradients of the central and southwestern Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, Yukon and Northwest Territories; Geological Survey of Canada Current Research Paper 89-1G, p. 63-67.

McNeil, D.H., 1997, Diagenetic regimes and the foraminiferal record in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin and adjacent cratonic areas. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae (1997), v. 67, p. 274-286.

McNeil, D., Issler, D.R. and Snowdon, L.R. 1996. Colour alteration, thermal maturity, and burial diagenesis in fossil foraminifers. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 499, 34p.

Organic Geochemistry

Bergquist, C. L., Graham, P. P., Johnston, D. H., Rawlinson, K. R., 2003: Canada's Mackenzie Delta: Fresh look at an emerging basin. Oil and Gas Journal. November 3, 2003, p. 42-46.

Brooks, P.W. 1986. Biological marker geochemistry of crude oils and condensates from the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin; Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v34/4, p490-505.

Curiale, J.A. 1991. The petroleum geochemistry of Canadian Beaufort Tertiary "non-marine" oils; Chemical Geology, v93, p21-45.

Feinstein, S., Issler, D.R., Snowdon, L.R. and Williams, G.K. 1996. Characterization of major unconformities by paleothermometric and paleobarometric methods: Application to the Mackenzie Plain, Northwest Territories, Canada; Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 44, p. 55-71.

Ko, J. and Hesse, R. 1998. Illite/smectite diagenesis in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, Arctic Canada: Relation to hydrocarbon occurrence. Bulletin of Canadian Petroelum Geology, v.46, p.74-88.

Issler, D.R. and Snowdon, L.R., 1990. Hydrocarbon generation kinetics and thermal modelling, Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 38, no. 1, p. 1-16.

Snowdon, L. R. 1980: Petroleum source potential of the Boundary Creek Formation, Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin; Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 28, p. 46-58.

Snowdon, L. R. 1981: Organic geochemistry of the Upper Cretaceous-Tertiary delta complexes of the Beaufort-Mackenzie sedimentary basins, Northwest Territories; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 291, 46 p.

Snowdon, L. R., 1984: Organic geochemical data for the Eocene Richards Formation, Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1007, 130 p.

Snowdon, L.R. 1987. Organic properties and source potential of two early Tertiary shales, Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin; Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 35, p. 212-232.

Snowdon, L.R. 1988. Hydrocarbon migration in Mackenzie Delta sediments; Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 36, p. 407-412.

Snowdon, L. R., 1990: Rock-Eval /TOC results from 29 Beaufort - Mackenzie wells; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 2192, 210 p.

Snowdon, L. R., 1990: Rock-Eval/TOC data for 55 Northwest and Yukon Territories wells [60°- 69°N]; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 2327, 211 p.

Snowdon, L.R. 1991. Oil from Type III organic matter: resinite revisited; Organic Geochemistry, v. 17, p. 743-747.

Snowdon, L. R. and Krouse, H.R., 1986: The stable carbon isotope distribution of distillation fractions of three Canadian frontier crude oils; Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 34, p. 379-383.

Snowdon, L.R., Stasiuk, L.D., Robinson, R., Dixon, J., Dietrich, J.R. and McNeil, D.H. in press. Organic Geochemistry and Organic Petrology of a Potential Source Rock of Early Eocene Age in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin. Organic Geochemistry.

Yunker, M. B., Snowdon, L.R., MacDonald, R.W., Smith, J.N., Fowler, M.G., Skibo, D.N. et al.. 1996: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon composition and potential sources for sediment samples from the Beaufort and Barents seas; Environmental Science & Technology (ES & T), v. 30, p. 1310-1320.

Gas Hydrates

Bily, C. and Dick, J.W.L., 1974: Naturally occurring gas hydrates in the Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 22, p. 340-352.

Collett, T. S., and Dallimore, S. R., 1997: Permafrost gases associated with permafrost; in the Mackenzie Delta Borehole Project, (ed.) S. R. Dallimore and J. V. Matthews, Environmental Studies Research Funds Report 135, 1 CD-ROM.

Dallimore, S. R., et al. eds., in review, 2004: Scientific Results from Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well Program, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin XXX. ZZZp.

Dallimore, S. R., and Collett, T. S., 1995: Intrapermafrost gas hydrates from a deep corehole in the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada. Geology, v. 23 p. 237-530.

Dallimore, S.R., Collett, T.S., and Uchida, T. (eds). (1999). Scientific results from JAPEX/JNOC/GSC Mallik 2L-38 gas hydrate research well, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 544. 304 pp.

Dallimore, S.R., Laframboise, R.R., Fotiou, M.J., and Medioli, B.E. (1999). JAPEX/JNOC/GSC Mallik 2L-38 gas hydrate research well, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada: Interactive Data Viewer. GSC Open File Report D3726, 1 CDRom.

Dallimore, S.R.; and Collett, T.S. 1998.: Gas hydrates associated with deep permafrost in the Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T., Canada: regional overview. Permafrost, Seventh International Conference, June 23-27, Yellowknife, Canada; A.G. Lewkowicz and M. Allard (eds.). Université Laval, Centre d'études nordiques, Collection Nordicanapp. 196-206.

Davidson, D. W., El-Defrawy, M. K., Feuglem, M. O., and Judge, A. S., 1978: Natural gas hydrates in northern Canada. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Permafrost, Edmonton, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, v. 1, p. 937-943.

Judge, A. S., I. G. Jones and C. F. M. Lewis, 1990: Gas hydrates; in; M. J. Keen & G. L. Williams ed., Geology of the Continental margin of eastern Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, Geology of Canada, no. 2, p. 771-774.

Judge, A. S. and J. A. Majorowicz, 1992: Geothermal conditions for gas hydrate stability in the Beaufort-Mackenzie area -- the global change aspect. Paleogeography Paleoclimatology and Paleoecology, Global & Planetary Change Section, v.98, p. 251-263.

Judge, A.S., S.L. Smith and J. A. Majorowicz, 1994: The current distribution and thermal stability of natural gas hydrates in the Canadian Polar margin; in, Proceedings of the IVth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. Osaka, The International Society of Offshore Polar Engineering, v. V I, p. 307-314.

Majorowicz, J. A., and Osadetz, K. G. 2001. Gas hydrate distribution and volume in Canada, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, Vol. 85. p 1211-1230

Majorowicz, J.A. and Smith, S.L. 1999. Review of ground temperatures in the Mallik field area: a constraint to the methane hydrate stability; In Scientific Results from JAPEX/JNOC/GSC Mallik 2L-38 Gas Hydrate Research Well, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada; S.R. Dallimore, T. Uchida, and T.S. Collett (eds.) Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin, 544, p. 45-56.

Smith, S. L., 2001: Natural gas hydrates; in A Synthesis of Geological Hazards in Canada, (ed.) G. R. Brooks, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 548, p. 265-280.

Smith, S. L. and A. S. Judge, 1993: Gas hydrate database for Canadian Arctic and selected East Coast wells, Geological Survey Canada, Open File Report 2746, 120 p.

Smith, S.L. and A.S. Judge, 1995: Estimate of methane hydrate volumes in the Beaufort Mackenzie region, Northwest Territories; in, Current Research 1995, Part B, Geological Survey of Canada, p. 81-88.

Weaver, J. S., and Stewart, J. M., 1982: In-situ hydrates under Beaufort Sea shelf, in; M. H French ed., Proceedings of the fourth Canadian permafrost conference. National Research Council of Canada, p. 312-319.
 

Quaternary Geology

Barendregt, R.W. and Duk-Rodkin, A. 2004. Chronology and extent of Late Cenozoic ice sheets in North America: A magnetostratigraphic assessment; In: Ehlers, J., and Gibbard, P.L. (eds.) Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology, Part II: North America, Developments in Quaternary Science, Vol. 2B, Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Duk-Rodkin, A., and O.L. Hughes. 1994. Tertiary-Quaternary drainage of the pre-glacial Mackenzie Basin: Quaternary International, v. 22/23, pp. 221-241.

Duk-Rodkin, A., Barendregt, R.W., Froese, D.G., Weber, F., Enkin, R., Smith, I.R., Zazula, G.D., Waters, P. and Klassen, R.W. 2004. Timing and extent of Plio-Pleistocene glaciations in northwestern Canada and east-central Alaska; In: Ehlers, J., and Gibbard, P.L. (eds.) Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology, Part II: North America, Developments in Quaternary Science, Vol. 2B, Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Mackay, J.R. 1963. The Mackenzie Delta area, N.W.T. Geographical Branch Memoir, Ottawa, Ontario: Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. 8. 202 pp

Rampton, V.N. 1982. Quaternary Geology of the Yukon coastal plain; Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 317, 49p.

Rampton, V.N. 1988. Quaternary geology of the Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, N.W.T. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 423. 98 p.

Zazula, G.D., Duk-Rodkin, A., Schweger, C.E. and Morlan, R.E. 2004. Late Pleistocene chronology of glacial Lake Old Crow and the northwest margin of the Laurentide ice sheet; In: Ehlers, J., and Gibbard, P.L. (eds.) Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology, Part II: North America, Developments in Quaternary Science, Vol. 2B, Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Geomorphic Processes

Dyke, L.D. and Brooks, G.R. (eds.). 2000: The physical environment of the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories: a baseline for the assessment of environmental change; Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 547, 209 p.

Hequette, P.R. and Hill, P.R. 1995. Response of the seabed to offshore-directed storm currents on a sandy Arctic shoreface. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. A65, p. 461-471.

Hill, P.R., and Solomon, S. 1999. Geomorphologic and Sedimentary Evolution of a Transgressive Thermokarst Coast, Mackenzie Delta region, Canadian Beaufort Sea. Journal of Coastal Research, v. 15, p. 1011-1029

Mackay, J.R. 1986: Fifty years (1935-1985) of coastal retreat west of Tuktoyaktuk, District of Mackenzie. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 86-1A: p. 727-735

Wolfe, S.A., Dallimore, S.R. and Solomon, S. 1998. Coastal permafrost investigations along a rapidly eroding shoreline, Tuktoyaktuk, NWT. Proceedings, 7th International Conference on Permafrost, June 23-27 1998, Yellowknife, Canada, Nordicana Collection, A.G. Lewkowicz and M. Allard (eds.), p. 1125-1132.
 

Permafrost, Groundwater and Pingos

Burgess, M.M. and Smith, S.L. (2000). Shallow ground temperatures in the Mackenzie Valley; in The physical environment of the Mackenzie Valley: a baseline for the assessment of environmental change, L. Dyke and G.R. Brooks (eds.), Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 547, p. 89-103.

Burgess, M.M., Desrochers, D.T., and Saunders, R. (2000). Potential changes in thaw depth and thaw settlement for three locations in the Mackenzie Valley; in The physical environment of the Mackenzie Valley: a baseline for the assessment of environmental change, L. Dyke and G.R. Brooks (eds.), Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 547, p. 187-195.

Chartrand, J., Lysyshyn, K., Couture, R., Robinson, S. and Burgess, M. 2002. Digital Geotechnical Databases and Viewers for Norman Wells and Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territory. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 3912. CD-Rom.

Dyke, L.D., Aylsworth, J.M., Burgess, M.M., Nixon, F.M., and Wright, F. (1997). Permafrost in the Mackenzie Basin, its influence on land-altering processes, and its relationship to climate change. Environment Canada, Final report, Mackenzie Basin Impact Study (MBIS), p. 112-117. (available from: www.yukon.taiga.net/knowledge/resources/mbis/MBIS_Final_Report.pdf)

Mackay, J.R. 1977. Permafrost growth and subpermafrost pore water expulsion, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, District of Mackenzie. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 77-1A: 323-326

Mackay, J.R. 1985. Pingo ice of the western Arctic coast. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 22, p. 1452-1464.

Mackay, J.R. 1989. Massive ice: some field criteria for the identification of ice types. Current Research, Part G, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 89-1G: 5-11

Mackay, J.R. 1993. Air temperature, snow cover, creep of frozen ground, and the time of ice-wedge cracking, western Arctic Coast. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 30, p.1720-1729

Mackay, J.R. 1995. Active layer changes (1968-1993) following the forest-tundra fire near Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada. Arctic and Alpine Research, v. 27, p. 323-336

Mackay, J.R. 1998. Pingo growth and collapse, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Area, Western Arctic Coast, Canada: a long-term field study. Géographie physique et Quaternaire, v. 52, p. 271-323.

Mackay, J.R. and Dallimore. S.R. 1992. Massive ice of the Tuktoyaktuk area, western Arctic coast, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 29: p. 1235-1249

Mackay, J.R.; Konishchev, V.N.; and Popov, A.I. 1978. Geologic controls of the origin, characteristics, and distribution of ground ice. 3rd Int. Conference on Permafrost, Edmonton, Canada, 10-13 July, 1978. Proc. 2. Ottawa, NRC Canada Pub 16259: 1-18

Nixon, F.M. 2000. Thaw-depth monitoring. In The physical environment of the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories: a baseline for the assessment of environmental change, L.D. Dyke and G.R. Brooks (eds.), Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 547, p. 119-126.

Smith, S. and Burgess, M. 2000. Ground temperature database for northern Canada; Geological Survey of Canada Open File Report #3954.

Smith, S.L. and Burgess, M.M. 2002. A digital database of permafrost thickness in Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File Report 4173.

Smith. S.L., Burgess, M.M. and Heginbottom, J.A. 2001. Permafrost in Canada, a challenge to northern development; in A Synthesis of Geological Hazards in Canada, G.R. Brooks (ed.). Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 548, p. 241-264.

A.E. Taylor, S.R. Dallimore, and S.I. Outcalt. 1996. Late Quaternary history of the Mackenzie-Beaufort region, Arctic Canada, from modelling of permafrost temperatures. 1. The onshore-offshore transition. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 33, p. 52-61

A.E. Taylor, S.R. Dallimore, and A.S. Judge. 1996. Late Quaternary history of the Mackenzie-Beaufort region, Arctic Canada, from modelling of permafrost temperatures. 2. The Mackenzie Delta - Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 33, p. 62-71
 

Engineering Geology

Dallimore, S.R. and Matthews, J.V., Jr. 1997. The Mackenzie Delta borehole project. Environmental Studies Research Funds Report No. 135, National Energy Board, Calgary, 1 CD-ROM.

Scott, W.J., Sellman, P.V., and Hunter, J.A. 1990. Geophysics in the study of permafrost. Geotechnical and Environmental Geophysics, Volume I: Review and Tutorial. S.H. Ward (ed.), Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Dallimore, S.R., Nixon, F.M., Egginton, P.A. and Bisson, J.G. 1996. Deep-seated creep of massive ground ice, Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, N.W.T. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, v. 7, p. 337-348.

Dallimore, S.R., Wolfe, S.A., and Solomon, S. 1996. Influence of ground ice and permafrost on coastal evolution, Richards Island, Beaufort Sea Coast, N.W.T. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 33, p. 664-675.

Todd, B.J.; and Dallimore, S.R. 1998. Electromagnetic and geological transect across permafrost terrain, Mackenzie River delta, Canada.; Geophysics, v. 63, p. 1914-1924.