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Publications below are grouped by genre and may be available in alternate formats upon request.

Note: Stratigraphic Map series publications can be downloaded here as well as on the Petroleum site.

 

Geoscientific Report GR2012-3
Stratigraphy and regional geology of the Late Devonian-Early Mississippian Three Forks Group, southwestern Manitoba (NTS 62F, parts of 62G, K)
By M.P.B. Nicolas

Geoscientific Report GR94-1
Sedimentology and geomorphic evolution of the south shore of Lake Winnipeg
By Erik Nielsen and Glenn Conley

Geoscientific Report GR82-6
Geology and hydrocarbon potential of the lower Amaranth Formation, Waskada-Pierson area, southwestern Manitoba
By D. Barchyn

Geoscientific Report GR82-2
Systematics and paleoecology of Upper Ordovician trilobites from the Selkirk Member of the Red River Formation, southern Manitoba
By S.R. Westrop and R. Ludvigsen

Geoscientific Report GR78-2
Stratigraphy of the Riding Mountain, Boissevain and Turtle Mountain formations in the Turtle Mountain area, Manitoba
By J.D. Bamburak

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Geological Paper GP90-1
Karst Landforms in the Gypsum Lake Area; Character and Distribution
By W.D. McRitchie and P. Voitovici

 

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Geological Paper GP89-1
Karst Investigations in Manitoba's Interlake Region
By P. Voitovici, and w.o. McRitchie

 

 

 

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Geological Paper GP1/75
Geological Data Acquisition Storage and Retrieval Systems
By T.G. Frohlinger and W.D. McRitchie

 

Geological Paper GP3/70
Lake St. Martin Crypto-Explosion Crater and Geology of the Surrounding Area
By H.R. McCabe and B.B. Bannatyne

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Publication Series PUB77-1
Devonian Rocks of the Lake Winnipegosis - Lake Manitoba Outcrop Belt, Manitoba
By A.W. Norris, T.T. Uyeno and H.R. McCabe
Also released as Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 392

Publication Series PUB67-1
The Clays and Shales of Manitoba
By B.B. Bannatyne

 

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Publication Series 59-6
Fauna of the Manitoba Group in Manitoba
By H. McCammon

 

Publication Series PUB59-1
Potash deposits, rock salt, and brines in Manitoba
By B.B. Bannatyne

Publication Series PUB58-1
Mississippian stratigraphy of Manitoba
By H.R. McCabe

 

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Publication Series 54-2
Jurassic Stratigraphy of Manitoba
By D.F. Scott

 

Publication Series PUB51-6
Ordovician geology of Lake Winnipeg and adjacent areas
By A.D. Baillie

Publication Series PUB51-2
Bibliography of Geology, Palaeontology, Industrial Minerals, and Fuels in the Post-Cambrian Regions of Manitoba to 1950
Compiled by L.B. Kerr

Publication Series PUB49-1
The stratigraphy of Manitoba with reference to oil and gas possibilities
By L.B. Kerr

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Geoscientific Map MAP2005-3
3-D topography of Manitoba
By P. Morin, G.L.D. Matile and G.R. Keller

Geoscientific Map MAP2004-4
Shaded relief topography of Manitoba
By G.L.D. and G.R. Keller

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Open File OF2020-7

Phanerozoic stratigraphic correlation chart for Manitoba
By M.P.B. Nicolas

 

Open File OF2013-9
GAC MAC Field Trip Guidebook FT-A4: Upper Cretaceous-Paleocene stratigraphy and mineral resources of southwestern Manitoba (parts of NTS 62F, G)
By J.D. Bamburak and M.P.B. Nicolas

Open File OF2013-1
GAC MAC Field Trip Guidebook FT-C5: Ordovician-Silurian boundary interval in the Williston Basin outcrop belt of Manitoba: a record of global and regional environmental and biotic change
By R.J. Elias, G.A. Young, L.A. Stewart, M.W. Demski, M.J. Porter, T.D. Lukie, G.S. Nowlan and E.P. Dobrzanski

Open File OF2011-3
Regional hydrogeological characterization of the northeastern margin of the Williston Basin
By D. Palombi and B.J. Rostron
Set of 55 maps, also released as Saskatchewan Geological Survey Open File OF2010-45

Open File Report OF99-15
Digital Elevation Model of Southern Manitoba (version 1.0)
Compiled by G.L.D. Matile and G. Keller

 

 

Open File Report OF83-3
Devonian Potash Deposits in Manitoba
By B.B. Bannatyne

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Exploration Report ER77-1
Summary of Available Data on Lignite Deposits, Turtle Mountain, Manitoba
By B.B. Bannatyne

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Petroleum Open File POF18-2000
Geology, Reservoir Characteristics and Petroleum Potential of the MC-1 Member, Mission Canyon Formation, Southwestern Manitoba
By C.D. Martiniuk, M.P.B. Nicolas and J.N. Fox

Petroleum Open File POF 17-98
Regional Overview of the Geology and Petroleum Potential, Red River Formation, Southwestern Manitoba
By C.D. Martiniuk, H.R. Young, and H.J. Klassen

Petroleum Open File POF 16-97
Petroleum Geology of the Souris Hartney Field Area, Southwestern Manitoba
By H.J. Klassen and J.N. Fox

Petroleum Open File POF 15-96
An Overview of the Regional Geology and Petroleum Potential, Lodgepole Formation, Southwestern Manitoba
By H.J. Klassen

Petroleum Open File POF 14-93
Petroleum Potential of the Pre-Mississippian, Southwestern Manitoba: An Introduction and Review
By C.D. Martiniuk and D. Barchyn

Petroleum Open File POF 13-92
Lower Paleozoic Sequence, Southwestern Manitoba - An Overview
By C.D. Martiniuk

Petroleum Open File POF 12-91
Correlation Cross-Sections along the United States-Canada International Border (North Dakota-Manitoba)
By C.D. Martiniuk, J.A. LeFever and S.B. Anderson

Petroleum Open File POF 11-90
Regional Geology and Petroleum Potential of the Lower Amaranth Formation, Coulter-Pierson Area, Southwestern Manitoba
By M. Husain

Petroleum Open File POF 10-90
Evaluation of the Lower Amaranth Formation in the South Pierson Field, Southwestern Manitoba
By M. Arbez

Petroleum Open File POF 9-88
Evaluation of the Daly Field Bakken Formation, Southwestern Manitoba
By M. Arbez

Petroleum Open File POF 8-88
Regional Geology and Petroleum Potential of the Bakken Formation, Southwestern Manitoba
By C.D. Martiniuk
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Petroleum Open File POF 7-86
Petroleum Geology of the MC-3 Member, Mission Canyon Formation, Pierson Area, Southwestern Manitoba

By M. Husain and S.P. Halabura

Petroleum Open File POF 6-86
Petroleum Geology of the Whitewater Field Area, Southwestern Manitoba
By C. Martiniuk and M. Arbez

Petroleum Open File POF 5-86
Petroleum Geology of the Lulu Lake Area, Southwestern Manitoba
By C. Martiniuk and M. Arbez

Petroleum Open File POF 4-86
Petroleum Geology of the Mission Canyon MC-1 Member, Tilston Field, Southwestern Manitoba
By D. Bell

Petroleum Open File POF 3-84
Waskada Lower Amaranth: an Overview
By M. Rodgers and B. Dubreuil

Petroleum Open File POF 2-84
Geology and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Jurassic-Cretaceous in Southwestern Manitoba
By W. Morningstar

Petroleum Open File POF 1-64
The Oil and Gas Prospects of the Pre-Mississippian Sedimentary Rocks of Southern Manitoban the Pre-Mississippian Sedimentary Rocks of Southwestern Manitoba
By J.C. Sproule and Associates Ltd.

Petroleum Geology Report PR 1-85
Petroleum Geology of the Mississippian Mission Canyon Formation, Waskada Field, Southwestern Manitoba
By M. Rodgers

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Data Repository Item DRI2023014
Rock Volatiles Stratigraphy data from drill cuttings from three oil wells in southwestern Manitoba (parts of NTS 62F2, K3)
by M.P.B. Nicolas, C.M. Smith and M.P. Smith

Data Repository Item DRI2022001
Whole-rock geochemistry results of Cretaceous shale outcrop samples from the Pembina Hills area, southwestern Manitoba (NTS 62G1, 2, 8, 10)
By M.P.B. Nicolas

Data Repository Item DRI2020010
Whole-rock geochemistry of drillcores M-1-07 and M-2-07, southwestern Manitoba (parts of NTS 62N16 and 63C1)
By K. Lapenskie and J.D. Bamburak

Data Repository Item DRI2020006
Whole-rock geochemistry data of the Winnipeg Formation, west-central Manitoba (parts of NTS 63J5, 6, 11, 12, 14)
By K. Lapenskie

Data Repository Item DRI2019006
Lithostratigraphy and brief lithological descriptions of logged Phanerozoic core, southwestern and central Manitoba (parts of NTS 63C3, 14, 63J5, 6, 11, 12, 14)
By K. Lapenskie

Data Repository Item DRI2017006
MB GeoTours of southern Manitoba (NTS 52E11; 52E12; 52E14; 52L3; 62F1; 62F2; 62F9; 62F14; 62F15; 62G1; 62G2; 62G3; 62G8; 62G11; 62H9; 62I3)
By J.D. Bamburak, J.M. Pacey and K. Lapenskie
Note: Supersedes DRI2016007

Data Repository Item DRI2017002
Carbon and oxygen stable-isotope results from Paleozoic cores and outcrops from the Hudson Bay Basin, northeastern Manitoba (NTS 54B7, 54C10, 54G1, parts of 54E, K, L)
By M.P.B. Nicolas
Accompanies GS2017-12, Report of Activities 2017

Data Repository Item DRI2016008
Results of U-Pb age determinations by isotope dilution–thermal ionization mass spectrometry, southwestern Manitoba (NTS 62G1; 62G8; 62G10; 62J13; 62N1)
By J.D. Bamburak and L.M. Heaman
Accompanies GS-16, Report of Activities 2016

Data Repository Item DRI2016005
Rock-Eval 6 and total organic carbon results from three wells of the Upper Devonian Wymark Member, Duperow Formation, southwestern Manitoba (NTS 62F14 and 16)
By K.B. Bates, N. Chow and M.P.B. Nicolas
Accompanies GS-20, Report of Activities 2016

Data Repository Item DRI2016002
Carbon and oxygen stable-isotope results from three petroleum-exploration Paleozoic cores from the Hudson Bay Basin, northeastern Manitoba (parts of NTS 54B7, 8, 54F8, 54G1)
By M.P.B. Nicolas
Accompanies GS-13, Report of Activities 2016

Data Repository Item DRI2014004
Electron-probe microanalyses of samples of the Gammon Ferruginous Member of the Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale from Spencer's ditch, southwestern Manitoba (NTS 62G8)
By T. Martins, J.D. Bamburak, X.M. Yang and M.P.B. Nicolas
Accompanies GS-15, Report of Activities 2014

Data Repository Item DRI2014002
Rock-Eval 6 results from two Paleozoic core from the Hudson Bay Lowland, northeastern Manitoba (NTS 54B10, 54F8)
By M.P.B. Nicolas
Accompanies GS-12, Report of Activities 2014

Data Repository Item DRI2012003
RockEval™ 6, X-ray diffraction and inorganic geochemistry of Cretaceous shale drill-cutting and outcrop samples, southwestern Manitoba (NTS 62F11, parts of 62G)
By M.P.B. Nicolas and J.D. Bamburak
Accompanies GS-12 and GS-13, Report of Activities 2012

Data Repository Item DRI2012002
RockEval™ 6 results from Paleozoic core samples from the Hudson Bay Lowland, northeastern Manitoba (part of NTS 54)
By M.P.B. Nicolas and D. Lavoie
Accompanies GS-11, Report of Activities 2012

Data Repository Item DRI2011006
Catalytic property evaluation of Manitoba Cretaceous bentonite from southwestern Manitoba (parts of NTS 62G1, 8, 10, K3, N1)
By M.F. Aldersley, J.D. Bamburak, P.C. Joshi, J. Thompson, J.W. Delano and J.P. Ferris
Accompanies GS-14, Report of Activities 2011

Data Repository Item DRI2011005
Inorganic chemistry results from Cretaceous shale outcrop and chip samples from phase 2, Shallow Unconventional Shale Gas Project, southwestern Manitoba (NTS 62F; 62G; 62J; 62K; 62N; 63C)
By M.P.B. Nicolas and J.D. Bamburak
Accompanies GS-13, Report of Activities 2011

Data Repository Item DRI2011004
Semiquantitative X-ray diffraction results from Cretaceous shale outcrop and core samples from phase 2, Shallow Unconventional Shale Gas Project, southwestern Manitoba (62F; 62G; 62J; 62K; 62N; 63C)
By M.P.B. Nicolas and J.D. Bamburak
Accompanies GS-13, Report of Activities 2011

Data Repository Item DRI2011003
Rock Eval™ 6 results from Cretaceous shale outcrop samples from phase 2, Shallow Unconventional Shale Gas Project, southwestern Manitoba (62F; 62G; 62J; 62K; 62N; 63C)
By M.P.B. Nicolas and J.D. Bamburak
Accompanies GS-13, Report of Activities 2011

Data Repository Item DRI2010003
Palynomorphological study of bentonite horizons within the Pembina Member of the Pierre Shale, southwestern Manitoba (parts of NTS 62G1, 2)
By J. Hatcher and J.D. Bamburak
Accompanies GS-16, Report of Activities 2010

Data Repository Item DRI2010001
Selected analyses of the Gammon Ferruginous Member of the Cretaceous Pierre Shale, southwestern Manitoba (parts of NTS 62F, G, J, K, N, O, 63C)
By J.D. Bamburak and M.P.B. Nicolas
Accompanies GS-15, Report of Activities 2010

Data Repository Item DRI2009004
Semiquantitative x-ray diffraction results from Cretaceous shale outcrop and core samples from phase 1, Shallow Unconventional Shale Gas Project, southwest Manitoba (NTS 62F; 62G)
By M.P.B. Nicolas and J.D. Bamburak
Accompanies GS-17, Report of Activities 2009

Data Repository Item DRI2009003
Rock Eval™ 6 results from Cretaceous shale outcrop and core samples from phase 1, Shallow Unconventional Shale Gas Project, southwest Manitoba (NTS 62F; 62G)
By M.P.B. Nicolas and J.D. Bamburak
Accompanies GS-17, Report of Activities 2009

Data Repository Item DRI2009002
Water chemistry results from domestic water wells in the Pembina Hills region, southwest Manitoba (parts of NTS 62G)
By M.P.B. Nicolas and S.E. Grasby
Accompanies GS-18, Report of Activities 2009

Data Repository Item DRI2008003
Cretaceous chemostratigraphic database and whole-rock and trace-element analyses for southwestern Manitoba (NTS 63F, G and H4)
By J.D. Bamburak
Accompanies GS-17, Report of Activities 2008

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Tectonic Framework of Paleozoic Formations in Manitoba, 1967
By H.R. McCabe
Transactions, Volume LXX, 1967, p. 180–189

Petroleum Investment Opportunities in Manitoba--A Geological, Engineering and Economic Perspective
By J.N. Fox and C.D. Martiniuk
The Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, Volume 36, No. 1, January 1997, p. 24–33

Lithofacies and Petroleum Potential of the Birdbear Formation (Upper Devonian), Southwestern Manitoba and North-Central North Dakota
By C.D. Martiniuk, H.R. Young and J.A. LeFever
7th International Williston Basin Symposium 1995 Guidebook, p. 89–102

Petroleum Geology of the Devonian Three Forks Formation, Sinclair Field and Surrounding Area, Southwestern Manitoba
By M. Nicolas
Presented at the Saskatchewan and Northern Plains Oil and Gas Symposium Core Workshop, Regina, Saskatchewan, October 16–18, 2006

The Cenomanian–Santonian Colorado Formations of Eastern Southern Saskatchewan and Southwestern Manitoba
By J. Christopher, M. Yurkowski, M. Nicolas and J. Bamburak
Presented at the Saskatchewan and Northern Plains Oil & Gas Symposium 2006

Lower Paleozoic Formation Water Analyses Bakken To Precambrian, December 1971

Petroleum Potential of the Middle Member, Bakken Formation, Williston Basin
By J.A. LeFever, C.D. Martiniuk, E.F.R. Dancsok and P.A. Mahnic
Presented at the Sixth International Williston Basin Symposium, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1991

Stratigraphy of Manitoba, An Introduction and Review
By H.R. McCabe

Bulletin No. 48-9
Salt, Potash and Phosphate in Manitoba
By E.L. Cameron

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