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2. Whitehorse Trough
Grant Lowey and Maurice Colpron
Yukon Geological Survey
Darrel Long and Stephen Piercey
Laurentian University
Amy Tizzard and Stephen Johnson
University of Victoria
Don White and Grant Buffet
Geological Survey of Canada
(NTS 105C,D,E&F)
Integrated geoscience studies of the Whitehorse Trough, initiated in 2003, have four principal objectives to elucidate the depositional history of Mesozoic volcano-sedimentary strata and the tectonic evolution of this frontier basin in order to better assess its hydrocarbon potential. This project includes sedimentological, stratigraphic, petrological, seismic and structural studies. Participating geoscientists include those from the Yukon Geological Survey, the Geological Survey of Canada, and academic researchers from Laurentian University and The University of Victoria. Studies in the Whitehorse Trough include:
1) Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Jurassic Laberge Group (Richthofen Conglomerate, Nordenskiöld and Tanglefoot formations)
Grant Lowey (Yukon Geological Survey)
2) Sedimentology and hydrocarbon potential of the Tantalus Formation and the Mandana and Hancock members of the Aksala Formation
Darrel G.F. Long (Laurentian University)
3) Petrology, volcanology and alteration in volcanic successions of the Whitehorse Trough
Stephen J. Piercey (Laurentian University)
4) Structural evolution of the Tally-Ho shear zone
Amy Tizzard and Stephen T. Johnston (University of Victoria)
5) Seismic reflection transect across the northern Whitehorse Trough
Don White and Grant Buffett (Geological Survey of Canada), Maurice Colpron (Yukon Geological Survey)
6) Terrane interactions and structural styles along the eastern margin of Whitehorse Trough (Laberge map area)
Maurice Colpron (Yukon Geological Survey)
References
Long, D.G.F., 2005. Sedimentology and hydrocarbon potential of fluvial strata in the Tantalus and Aksala formations, northern Whitehorse Trough, Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2004, D.S. Emond, L.L. Lewis and G. Bradshaw (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 167-176.
Lowey, G.W., 2004. Preliminary lithostratigraphy of the Laberge Group (Jurassic), south-central Yukon: Implications concerning the petroleum potential of the Whitehorse Trough. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2003, D.S. Emond and L.L. Lewis (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 129-142.
Lowey, G.W., 2005. Sedimentology, stratigraphy and source rock potential of the Richthofen formation (Jurassic), northern Whitehorse Trough, Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2004, D.S. Emond, L.L. Lewis and G. Bradshaw (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 177-191.
Piercey, S.J., 2005. Reconnaissance geological and geochemical studies of the Joe Mountain Formation, Joe Mountain region (NTS 105D/15), Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2004, D.S. Emond, L.L. Lewis and G.D. Bradshaw (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 213-226.
Tizzard, A.M. and Johnston, S.T., 2005. Structural evolution of the Tally Ho shear zone (NTS 105D), southern Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2004, D.S. Emond, L.L. Lewis and G. Bradshaw (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 237-246.