Principal Investigator: Lawrence A. Lawver

Funded by: National Science Foundation

The tectonic history of the Arctic region is still extremely controversial and of great importance not only to our understanding of global tectonics, but also to understanding the framework of the known and conjectured oil and mineral resources of the Arctic. The movement of the tectonic plates involved in evolution of the Arctic region have not all been identified, even 25 years after the plate tectonic revolution. In particular, how and when the Canada Basin section of the Arctic developed during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic is still debated in papers and proposals. In order to facilitate understanding of the present geological and geophysical knowledge of the Arctic, and to plan coordinated, cooperative future work in the Arctic a Geological Society of America Penrose Conference, titled "The Tectonic Development of the Canada Basin and Surrounding Regions" was held September 28-October 3, 1995 in Banff, Alberta and supported by this project.