3D structural geological model of the Mallik Anticline, Canadian Arctic

• Main Authors: Chabab Tillner , E., Kempka, T.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Mackenzie Delta; Mackenzie Bay; permafrost
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5015822; https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5015822_1/component/file_5015824/STR_2301_Data_Chabab_Kempka.pdf

The Mallik Anticline is a geologic structure in the Mackenzie Delta in the Canadian Arctic. Tectonics throughout the Cenozoic, with compressional phases in the early Eocene to the late Miocene, formed this large, domed structure that is today an important source of hydrocarbons. Gas hydrates occur in the clastic sedimentary rocks of the Oligocene to Pleistocene Kugmallite, Mackenzie Bay, and Iperk sequences, which were essentially formed by deltaic processes. The presence of hydrocarbon gases within the permafrost zone in the Canadian Arctic has led to extensive exploration and production activities in the region since the mid-1960s, and the investigations by geologists and geophysicists have already been published in numerous scientific articles to date. This report describes the implementation of the first field-scale 3D static geologic model of the Mallik site, which was created using data from well logs and 2D seismic reflection profiles. The dataset related to this report provides elevation depths and thickness data of the three distinct sequence boundaries Kugmallit-Richards, Mackenzie Bay-Kugmallit and Iperk-Mackenzie Bay as well as fault data from the Mallik site.