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Geological Survey Activity TrackerHudson Bay Lowland
GEM Energy: Hudson Bay and Foxe Basins Project (2008-2013)
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Project Information
Principal investigator:
Michelle P.B. Nicolas
Partnered with:
Geological Survey of Canada; Ontario Geological Survey; Government of Nunavut; University of Manitoba, Laurentian University
Location (Manitoba component only):
Hudson Bay Lowlands, parts or all of NTS 53O, 53N, 54A to 54G, 54K, 54L
Project Description
Main objectives:
This project is an extension of the GEM Energy: Hudson Bay and Fox basins project (2008-2013).The overall objectives are to acquire new and provide improved geoscientific knowledge for use in petroleum exploration and development targets in the Hudson Bay Basin.
Methodology:
- Paleozoic stratigraphy: detailed correlations of core and outcrop; stable isotope geochemical profiling of core; biostratigraphy to help constrain correlations; organic chemistry of organic-bearing units; field work to visit relevant stratigraphically important outcrops; fluid inclusion analysis of fracture fills; apatite-fission track analysis; and lineament mapping to determine regional stresses.
- Geophysical magnetotelluric survey of the Kaskattama highland area, north of community of Shamattawa, to investigate subsurface bedrock thickness.
Benefits:
The project addresses a need by the petroleum industry to better understand the potential resource opportunity the Hudson Bay Basin offers, and makes this frontier basin seem more attractive to investors. More information on the resource potential of the Hudson Bay Lowland is needed for land use planning, strategic planning and northern development opportunities.
Plans for fiscal year 2020–2021:
- No activities planned.
Completed outputs:
GEM 2: Hudson–Ungava Project completed outputs (2013-present)
GEM Energy: Hudson Bay and Foxe Basins Project completed outputs (2008-2013)
2019
Lavoie, D., Pinet, N., Zhang, S., Reyes, J., Jiang, C., Ardakani, O.H., Savard, M.M., Dhillon, R.S., Chen, Z., Dietrich, J.R., Hu, K., Craven, J.A., Roberts, B., Duchesne, M.J., Brake, V.I., Huot-Vézina, G., Galloway, J.M., McCracken, A.D., Asselin, E., Decker, V., Beauchemin, M., Nicolas, M.P.B., Armstrong, D.K. and Hahn, K.E. 2019: The Hudson Bay and Strait, Moose River, and Foxe basins: Synthesis of the research activities under the Geomapping for Energy and Minerals (GEM) programs 2008-2018; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8507, 76 p.
2018
Armstrong, D.K., Nicolas, M.P.B., Hahn, K.E. and Lavoie, D. 2018: Stratigraphic synthesis of the Hudson Platform in Manitoba, Ontario, and Nunavut: Ordovician-Silurian; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8378, 48 p.
2017
Nicolas, M.P.B. and Armstrong, D.K. 2017: Update on Paleozoic stratigraphic correlations in the Hudson Bay Lowland, northeastern Manitoba and northern Ontario; in Report of Activities 2017, Manitoba Growth, Enterprise and Trade, Manitoba Geological Survey, p. 133–147.
Nicolas, M.P.B. 2017: Carbon and oxygen stable-isotope results from Paleozoic cores and outcrops from the Hudson Bay Basin, northeastern Manitoba (NTS 54B7, 54C10, 54G1, parts of 54E, K, L); Manitoba Growth, Enterprise and Trade, Manitoba Geological Survey, Data Repository Item DRI2017002, Microsoft® Excel® file.
Lavoie, D., Nicolas, M.P.B., Armstrong, D., Ardakani, O.H., Jiang, C., Reyes, J., Dhillon, R.S., Savard, M.M., Pinet, N., Brake, V.I., Duchesne, M.J., Beauchemin, M. and Tolszczuk-Leclerc, S. 2017: Report of activities for the 2017 GEM-2 Hudson Bay-Ungava project: stratigraphy, source rock, and RADARSAT-2 research, Nunavut, Manitoba, and Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8319, 18 p.
Craven, J.A., Ferguson, I.J., Nicolas, M.P.B., Zaprozan, T., Hodder, T.J., Roberts, B.R. and Clarke, N. 2017: Report of activities for the ground geophysical survey across the Kaskattama highlands, Manitoba: GEM-2 Hudson-Ungava Project; Geological Survey of Canada Open File 8321, 34 p.
Hahn, K.E., Turner, E.C., Armstrong, D.K., and Nicolas, M.P.B. 2017: Late Ordovician chemostratigraphy of the Hudson Bay and Moose River basins; Geological Association of Canada–Mineralogical Association of Canada, Joint Annual Meeting, Kingston, Ontario, May 14–17, 2017, poster presentation. URL <http://gac.esd.mun.ca/GAC_2017/search_abs/sub_program.asp?sess=98&form=13&abs_no=382> [October 2017]
2016
Hahn, K.E., Armstrong, D.K., Turner, E.C. and Nicolas, M.P.B. 2016: Toward a sequence stratigraphic framework for the Ordovician Hudson Bay and Moose River basins, northern Ontario; in Summary of Field work and Other Activities, 2016, Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 6323, p. 28-1 to 28-10.
Hahn, K.E., Nicolas, M.P.B, Armstrong, D.K., and Turner, E.C. 2016: Chemostratigraphy of the Upper Ordovician Hudson Bay Basin: intrabasinal correlation between Churchill River outcrop type sections and the subsurface strata of northern Manitoba and Ontario; Manitoba Mining and Minerals Convention 2016, Winnipeg, Manitoba, November 16–18, 2016, poster presentation.
Lavoie, D., Armstrong, D., Nicolas, M., Zhang, S., Pinet, N., Reyes, J., Beauchemin, M., Decker, V., Castegner, A., Desrochers, A., Galloway, J.M., Duchesne, M.-J. 2016: Report of Activities for the GEM-2 Hudson Bay Basin project: stratigraphy, source rock and RADARSAT research, Nunavut, Manitoba and Ontario, GEM-2 Hudson-Ungava Project; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8126, 33 p.
Nicolas, M.P.B. 2016: Carbon and oxygen stable-isotope profiles of Paleozoic core from the Hudson Bay Basin, northeastern Manitoba (parts of NTS 54B7, 8, 54F8, 54G1); in Report of Activities 2016, Manitoba Growth, Enterprise and Trade, Manitoba Geological Survey, p. 142–149.
Nicolas, M.P.B. 2016: Carbon and oxygen stable-isotope results from three petroleum-exploration Paleozoic cores from the Hudson Bay Basin, northeastern Manitoba (parts of NTS 54B7, 8, 54F8, 54G1); Manitoba Growth, Enterprise and Trade, Manitoba Geological Survey, Data Repository Item DRI2016002, Microsoft® Excel® file.
2015
Lavoie, D., Zhang, S., Desrochers, A., Castagner, A., Nicolas, M.P.B., Beauchemin, M., and Decker, V., 2015. Report of activities for the Hudson Platform: stratigraphy, source rock and RADARSAT research, Nunavut and Manitoba, GEM-2 Hudson-Ungava Project; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7943, 23 p. doi:10.4095/297247
Nicolas, M.P.B. 2015: Update on the GEM-2 Hudson-Ungava Project: Hudson Bay Lowland lineament mapping and geochemical profiling of core, northeastern Manitoba; Manitoba Mineral Resources, Manitoba Geological Survey, Manitoba Mining and Minerals Convention 2015, Winnipeg, Manitoba, November 19–21, 2015, poster presentation.
Nicolas, M.P.B. and Clayton, B.W. 2015: Lineament mapping of the Hudson Bay Lowland using remote-sensing methods, northeastern Manitoba (parts of NTS 53N, O, 54); in Report of Activities 2015, Manitoba Mineral Resources, Manitoba Geological Survey, p. 89–96.
Nicolas, M.P.B. and Young, G.A. 2015: GEM 2 Field Trip Guidebook to Paleozoic strata along the Churchill River and Churchill coastal area, northeastern Manitoba (parts of NTS 54E, L, K); Manitoba Mineral Resources, Manitoba Geological Survey, unpublished guidebook, 55 p.
2014
Eggie, L.A., Pietrus, E., Ramdoyal, A. and Chow, N. 2014: Diagenesis of the Lower Silurian Ekwan River and Attawapiskat formations, Hudson Bay Lowland, northern Manitoba (parts of NTS 54B, F, G); in Report of Activities 2014, Manitoba Mineral Resources, Manitoba Geological Survey, p. 161–171.
Nicolas, M.P.B., Lavoie, D. and Harrison, J. 2014: Introduction to the GEM-2 Hudson–Ungava Project, Hudson Bay Lowland, northeastern Manitoba; in Report of Activities 2014, Manitoba Mineral Resources, Manitoba Geological Survey, p. 140–147.
Nicolas, M.P.B. and Young, G.A. 2014: Reconnaissance field mapping of Paleozoic rocks along the Churchill River and Churchill coastal area, northeastern Manitoba (parts of NTS 54E, L, K); in Report of Activities 2014, Manitoba Mineral Resources, Manitoba Geological Survey, p. 148–160.
2013
Lavoie, D., Pinet N., Dietrich, J., Hu, K., Zhang, S., Chen, Z., Decker, V., Armstrong, D., Nicolas, M.P.B. and Duchesne, M.J. 2013: The final North America conventional oil frontier: The intracratonic Hudson Bay Basin in northern Canada (abstract); Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting and Expo, Denver, Colorado, October 27-30, 2013, URL <https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2013AM/webprogram/Paper223755.html> [October 11, 2013]
Lavoie, D., Pinet N., Dietrich, J., Kohn, B.P., Zhang, S., Hu, K., Armstrong, D., Nicolas, M.P.B., Asselin, E., Bertrand, R., Duchesne, M.J., Decker, V., Galloway, J., Reyes, J. and Brake, V. 2013: The final North American conventional oil frontier: The intracratonic Hudson Bay Basin in the Canadian arctic (abstract); American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Convention and Exhibition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 19–22, 2013, URL <http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/abstracts/html/2013/90163ace/abstracts/lavo.htm?q=%2BtextStrip%3Alavoie> [October 11, 2013]
Lavoie, D., Pinet, N., Deitrich, J., Zhang, S., Hu, K., Asselin, E., Chen, Z., Bertrand, R., Galloway, J, Decker, V., Budkewitsch, P., Armstrong, D., Nicolas, M., Reyes, J, Kohn, B.P., Duchesne, M.J., Brake, V., Keating, P., Craven, J., and Roberts, B. 2013: Geological framework, basin evolution, hydrocargon system data and conceptual hydrocarbon plays for the Hudson Bay and Foxe basins, Canadian Arctic; Geological Survey of Canada Open File 7363, 210 p.
Lavoie, D., Pinet, N., Zhang, S., Dietrich, J., Armstrong, D., Nicolas, M.P.B., Keating, P., Decker, V. and Kohn, B. in press: The synthesis of hydrocarbon systems and conceptual plays for the intracratonic Hudson Bay Basin, arctic Canada (abstract); Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists–Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysists–Canadian Well Logging Society Conference, Calgary, Alberta, May 6–10, 2013.
Ramdoyal, A., Nicolas, M.P.B. and Chow, N. 2013: Lithofacies analysis of the Silurian Attawpiskat Formation in the Hudson Bay Lowland, northeastern Manitoba; in Report of Activities 2013, Manitoba Mineral Resources, Manitoba Geological Survey, p. 144-155.
2012-2013
Duncan, B.J. 2012: Stratigraphy and facies analysis of uppermost Ordovician to lowermost Silurian strata in the Whitebear Creek core, Hudson Bay Basin, northern Manitoba; Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, B.Sc. Honours Thesis; 203 p.
Lapenskie, K. 2012: Depositional and faunal changes in the Upper Ordovician to Lower Silurian of core M-4-03, from near Churchill, Manitoba; Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, B.Sc. Honours Thesis; 211 p.
Lavoie, D., Pinet, N., Duchesne, M., Asselin. E., Kezhen, H., Dietrich, J., Zhang, S., Reyes, J., Kohn, B., Budkewitsch, P., Bertrand, R., Armstrong, D., Nicolas, M. 2012; The Hudson Bay intracratonic basin in northern Canada: new hydrocarbon system data for an oil-prospective frontier basin; 2012 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition abstracts, Long Beach, CA, April 22-25, 2012, oral presentation; http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/abstracts/html/2012/90142ace/abstracts/lav.htm [October 22, 2012]; 1 p.
Lavoie, D., Pinet, N., Duchesne, M., Zhang, S., Dietrich, J., Hu, K., Brake, V., Asselin, E. Galloway, J., Decker, V., Reyes, J., Khon, B., Armstrong, D., Nicolas, M., Bertrand, R. 2012: New Geoscience Data for the Hudson Platform: Opening-up the Last North American Intracratonic Basin to Oil Exploration; 2012 CSPG CSEG CWLS Conference extended abstract; Calgary, Alberta, May 14-18, 2012; oral presentation; http://www.cspg.org/documents/Conventions/Archives/Annual/2012/014_GC2012_New_Geoscience_Data_for_Hudson_Platform.pdf [October 22, 2012]; 4 p.
Nicolas, M.P.N. and Lavoie, D. 2012: Oil shale and reservoir rocks of the Hudson Bay Lowland, northeastern Manitoba (part of NTS 54); in Report of Activities 2012, Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, p. 124-133.
Nicolas, M.P.B., Lavoie, D., and Armstrong, D.K. 2012: Oil shale and reservoir rocks of the Hudson Bay Lowland, northeastern Manitoba; Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, Manitoba Mining and Minerals Convention 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba, November 15–17, 2012, poster presentation.
Ramdoyal, A. 2012: Lithofacies analysis, diagenesis and petroleum reservoir potential of the Lower Silurian Attawapiskat Formation, Hudson Bay Basin, northeastern Manitoba; Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, B.Sc. Honours Thesis; 139 p.
2011-2012
Nicolas, M.P.B. 2011: Shale gas to Three Forks: Manitoba Geological Survey’s petroleum and stratigraphic investigations; Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, Williston Basin Petroleum Conference 2011, Regina, Saskatchewan, May 1–3, 2011, oral presentation.
Nicolas, M.P.B. 2011: Stratigraphy of three exploratory oil-well cores in the Hudson Bay Lowland, northeastern Manitoba (parts of NTS 54B10, F8 and G1); in Report of Activities 2011, Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, p. 166-171.
Nicolas, M.P.B, and Lavoie, D. 2011: Paleozoic stratigraphy of the Hudson Bay Lowlands, northeast Manitoba; Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, Manitoba Mining and Minerals Convention 2011, Winnipeg, Manitoba, November 17–19, 2011, poster presentation.
Wheadon, B. 2011: Ordovician-Silurian boundary interval near Churchill, Manitoba: lithostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of Airport Cove West core and quarry samples; Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, B.Sc. Honours Thesis; 171 p.
Wong, M. E. 2011: Lithofacies and stratigraphic correlation of the Upper Ordovician Red Head Rapids Formation, Hudson Bay Basin, northeastern Manitoba; Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, B.Sc. Honours Thesis; 132 p.
2010-2011
Nicolas, M.P.B. and Lavoie, D., 2010: Hudson Bay and Foxe Basins Project: update on a Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals program (GEM) initiative, northeastern Manitoba (part of NTS 54); in Report of Activities 2010, Manitoba Science, Technology, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, p. 186-192.
Nicolas, M.P.B. and Lavoie, D. 2010: Paleozoic stratigraphy of the Hudson Bay Lowlands, northeastern Manitoba; Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, Manitoba Mining and Minerals Convention 2010, Winnipeg, Manitoba, November 18–20, 2010, poster presentation.
2009-2010
Nicolas, M.P.B. and Lavoie, D. 2009: Hudson Bay and Foxe Basins Project: Introduction and Preliminary Results to a GEM-Energy Initiative; Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, Manitoba Mining and Minerals Convention 2009, Winnipeg, Manitoba, November 19–21, 2009, poster presentation.
Nicolas, M.P.B. and Lavoie, D. 2009: Hudson Bay and Foxe Basins Project: introduction to a Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals program (GEM)–Energy initiative, northeastern Manitoba (parts of NTS 54); in Report of Activities 2009, Manitoba Science, Technology, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, p. 160-164.
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