A revised stratigraphic framework for Cretaceous sedimentary and igneous rocks at Mokka Fiord, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, with implications for the Cretaceous Normal Superchron

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Evenchick, Carol A., Galloway, Jennifer M., Saumur, Benoit M., Davis, William J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2019
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Nunavut; Heiberg; Axel Heiberg Island; Paterson; Isachsen; Mokka Fiord; sverdrup basin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2018-0129; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjes-2018-0129; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjes-2018-0129

New data and interpretations on geological relationships of igneous rocks at Mokka Fiord, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, provide insight into the timing and nature of magmatism associated with the Sverdrup Basin and High Arctic Large Igneous Province (HALIP). Field relationships indicate that the ign...