Silurian conodont biostratigraphy and carbon (δ 13 C carb ) isotope stratigraphy of the Victor Mine (V-03-270-AH) core in the Moose River Basin

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Bancroft, Alyssa M., Brunton, Frank R., Kleffner, Mark A.
• Other Authors: Jin, Jisuo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2015
• Subjects: Canada; Attawapiskat; Moose River; Severn River; Ekwan; Ekwan River
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2015-0091; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjes-2015-0091; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjes-2015-0091

The Moose River Basin in Ontario, Canada, contains nearly 1 km of Silurian marine strata, and although it has been studied for more than a century, its precise correlation globally has not been constrained. Herein, a core from the Victor Mine in the Moose River Basin was examined for conodont biostratigraphy and carbonate carbon (δ 13 C carb ) isotope chemostratigraphy to provide a detailed chronostratigraphic framework for the Silurian strata (Severn River, Ekwan River, and Attawapiskat formations) in the Moose River Basin. The recovery of Aspelundia expansa, Aspelundia fluegeli fluegeli, Distomodus staurognathoides, Ozarkodina polinclinata estonica, Pterospathodus eopennatus, and Aulacognathus bullatus, as well as the lower Aeronian, upper Aeronian, lower Telychian (Valgu), and ascending limb of the Sheinwoodian (Ireviken) positive carbonate carbon (δ 13 C carb ) isotope excursions provide significantly improved chronostratigraphic correlation of Llandovery strata in the Moose River Basin.