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The geology of the Northwest Territories has been mapped in different quadrangles by the Canadian government. The region has some of the oldest rocks in the world and among the oldest in North America, formed from several sections of stable craton continental crust, including the Slave Craton, Rae Craton and Hearne Craton. These rocks form the Archean and Proterozoic Precambrian basement rock of the region and are the subject of extensive research to understand continental crust and tectonic conditions on the early Earth.

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Geology of the Northwest Territories

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The geology of the Northwest Territories has been mapped in different quadrangles by the Canadian government. The region has some of the oldest rocks in...

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Northwest Territories

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The Northwest Territories (abbreviated NT or NWT; French: Territoires du Nord-Ouest; formerly North-West Territories) is a federal territory of Canada...

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Outline of the Northwest Territories

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Northwest Territories: The Northwest TerritoriesThe Northwest Territories...

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Victoria Island

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in the Arctic Archipelago that straddles the boundary between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is the eighth-largest island in the world...

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Innuitian orogeny

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Island. However, the cause of the orogen remains poorly understood. Innuitian Mountains Roosevelt Range H.P. Trettin (ed.), Geology of the Innuitian Orogen...

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District of Franklin

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The District of Franklin was a regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories. The district consisted of the Canadian high Arctic Islands...

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Canadian Shield

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northern portions of Manitoba, northern Saskatchewan, a small portion of northeastern Alberta, mainland Northwest Territories to the east of a line extended...

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Slave Craton

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The Slave Craton is an Archaean craton in the north-western Canadian Shield, in Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The Slave Craton includes the 4.03 Ga-old...

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Kazan Region

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in parts of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The Kazan Region is subdivided into the following subregions: the Coronation Hills, the Bathurst Hills...

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Lac de Gras kimberlite field

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The Lac de Gras kimberlite field is a group of Late Cretaceous to Eocene age diatremes in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The Eocene (ca. 55-50 Ma)...

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Rae Craton

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The Rae Craton is an Archean craton located in northern Canada, north of the Superior Craton. The Ungava Peninsula, situated on the northeast portion...

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Blueflower Formation

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The Blueflower Formation is a geologic formation in Northwest Territories. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period. Earth sciences portal...

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Tunnunik impact structure

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located on Prince Albert Peninsula in the northwestern part of Victoria Island[A] in Canada's Northwest Territories. The 25 km (16 mi) wide structure was discovered...

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Volcanism of Northern Canada

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were left stranded beneath the North American lithosphere in the Paleocene period. Most diatremes in the Northwest Territories were formed by volcanic eruptions...

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Little Chicago Prospect

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The Little Chicago Prospect is an oil and natural gas deposit on the Mackenzie River in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. For census...

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Canadian Arctic Rift System

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A. (1979). "The Crozier Strait Fault Zone, Arctic Archipelago, Northwest Territories, Canada". Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 27 (1). Canadian...

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Northwest Territories

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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Paleontology portal Canada portal Macneil, Alex J.; Jones, Brian...

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Almstrom Creek Formation

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The Almstrom Creek Formation is a geologic formation in Northwest Territories. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period. Earth sciences...

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Yellowknife

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Dogrib: Sǫǫ̀mbak’è) is the capital, largest community, and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake,...

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Mason River Formation

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The Mason River Formation is a geologic formation in Northwest Territories. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. Earth sciences...

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District of Keewatin

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symbols instead of syllabics. The District of Keewatin was a territory of Canada and later an administrative district of the Northwest Territories. It was created...

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Queen Elizabeth Islands Subplate

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The Queen Elizabeth Islands Subplate is a triangular tectonic block of the North American Plate containing the Queen Elizabeth Islands of Northern Canada...

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Manuel Creek Formation

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The Manuel Creek Formation is a geologic formation in Northwest Territories. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period. Earth sciences portal...

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Mount Goodenough Formation

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The Mount Goodenough Formation is a geologic formation in Northwest Territories. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. Earth sciences...

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Ringnes Formation

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The Ringnes Formation is a geologic formation in Northwest Territories. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period. Earth sciences portal...

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Loon River Formation

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The Loon River Formation is a geologic formation in Northwest Territories. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. Earth sciences portal...

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Ship Point Formation

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The Ship Point Formation is a geologic formation in Northwest Territories. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period. Earth sciences portal...

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Murray Ridge Formation

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The Murray Ridge Formation is a geologic formation in Northwest Territories. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period. Earth sciences portal...

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