Geological controls on the present temperature field of the western Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic Archipelago

• Published in: Basin Research
• Main Authors: Chen, Zhuoheng, Grasby, Stephen E., Dewing, Keith, Osadetz, Kirk G., Brent, Tom
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Cornwall; Amerasia Basin; Arctic Archipelago; sverdrup basin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bre.12232; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fbre.12232; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/bre.12232

Abstract Analysis of current temperature data in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago results in the recognition of two major thermal regimes. High temperature regions are observed where salt diapirs and salt cored anticlines are present. Low temperature fields are observed along the western and southern...