Peel Plateau Petroleum Potential Atlas, Northwest Territories and Yukon (2005-2009)

From 2005 to 2009, the Northwest Territories Geoscience Office led a multi-partner project to evaluate hydrocarbon potential in the Peel Plateau and Plain. The research combined field studies with subsurface analysis, producing over 70 interim publications. This volume compiles chapters on stratigraphic petroleum plays, structural elements, and a digital geodatabase of spatially based data.

Use Cases

• Evaluate hydrocarbon potential based on stratigraphic petroleum plays described in the volume.
• Analyze regional geological structures based on structural elements compiled in the atlas.
• Conduct spatial analysis for land-use planning based on the digital geodatabase of project data.
• Identify petroleum systems elements for exploration risk assessment based on compiled chapters.

Strengths

• Project involved multiple partners including Yukon Geological Survey, Geological Survey of Canada, universities, and industry.
• Research produced over 70 interim publications prior to this compilation.
• Data collection combined field-based studies with subsurface analytical techniques.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific study area.

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon

Collection Method

Field-based studies coupled with subsurface analytical techniques.

Time Range

2005 to 2009

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 16:02:16.189039; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Peel Plateau and Plain, Northwest Territories and Yukon