Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Arctic Oil And Gas Resources Energy Resources Map Circum-Pacific Region, Arctic Sheet

• Main Authors: Kenneth J. Drummond, Mackenzie Basin, Sverdrup Basin, Labrador Shelf, Barents Sea (norway
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.543.3695; http://www.drummondconsulting.com/Drummond Ext Abs Arctic Energy.pdf

The Arctic Energy-Resources Map published in 2000 covers the North Pacific Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, part of the North Atlantic Ocean and surrounding land. The map shows oil and gas fields, oil sand, oil shale, coal deposits, geothermal energy sites, onshore and offshore thickness of sedimentary rocks, and active tectonic plate boundaries. Background data on land are from the Arctic geologic map (Moore, 2000). Chief tectonic features of the Arctic are (1) parts of the Canadian and Russian shields, (2) broad belts of undeformed, younger sedimentary platform, and (3) fold belts of sedimentary, extrusive and intrusive igneous rocks that extend along the entire margin of the continents facing the Pacific and Arctic Oceans. Sedimentary basins are shown by sediment isopachs, colored to indicate the age of the oldest major sedimentary unit. Age and lithology of the basement is generally indicated by the surrounding bedrock geology. Basic background for oceanic regions is bathymetry printed in a light blue tint. Overprinted on this are sediment isopachs, colored to indicate the age of the underlying oceanic crust.