Open AccessGeological and geochemical data from the Canadian Arctic Islands, part XVIII: XRF and TOC data, and formation tops in exploration wells from the Devonian clastic wedge and underlying strata, Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Author(s) -
Richard Vandenberg,
Pavel Kabanov,
Keith Dewing,
E A Atkinson
Publication year - 2022
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.4095/329642
Subject(s) - geology , devonian , paleontology , clastic rock , carbonate , lithology , chemostratigraphy , geochemistry , sedimentary rock , mineralogy , total organic carbon , isotopes of carbon , ecology , materials science , metallurgy , biology
This collection of data comprises new XRF data, TOC data, and a new table of formation tops for the lower portion of the Devonian clastic wedge (Weatherall, Cape de Bray and Blackley formations sensu Embry and Klovan, 1976) and the underlying basinal andcarbonate-platform strata of variable Ordovician to Lower-Middle Devonian age. Main results include ED-XRF data for 15 well sections within the N.W.T. jurisdiction of the SW Arctic Archipelago. These XRF data were obtained in 2018- 2020 through non-destructive measurements of drillhole cuttingsamples using a Bruker Tracer IV instrument. Testing of these samples has been restricted to preserve them for future study as they are irreplaceable. The goal of using the non destructives XFR has given us a methodology that does not harm these samples. We find this to be a reasonable method whendata is required but no destructive testing is permitted, such as in these legacy wells. Reading acquisition procedure and instrument calibrations are discussed herein. These XRF logs cover cumulatively 12,538 m of well sections, which is the best attainable physical coverage for these strata in theabsence of representative cores. For each section surveyed with XRF, we provide graphical striplogs with geophysical logs, descriptive lithology, XRF elemental logs, biostratigraphic data, and, selectively, synthetic seismograms and TOC data. Scientific discussion based on these results is a subjectof a separate paper-in-preparation, (Kabanov, P. 2020.)