Middle Devonian brachiopods from the Bird Fiord Formation, Arctic Canada

• Published in: Journal of Paleontology
• Main Authors: Rong-Yu, Li, Jones, Brian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2003
• Subjects: Paleontology; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Bathurst Island; Grise Fiord; Norwegian Bay; Bird Fiord; Cardigan Strait; Baad Fiord; Blubber Point
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022336000043626; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022336000043626

The late Early Devonian to Middle Devonian Bird Fiord Formation, which is up to 900 m thick, is exposed along an extensive outcrop belt from stretches from Ellesmere Island to Bathurst Island in Arctic Canada. This formation, which encompasses sediments that accumulated in sabkha, deltaic, and shelf...