Lower and Upper Ordovician conodont biostratigraphy and revised lithostratigraphy in the fault and fold zones of the Boothia Uplift, south-western Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Zhang, Shunxin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2023
• Subjects: Nunavut; Thumb; Allen Bay; Boothia Peninsula; Franklin Strait; Irene Bay; Thumb Mountain; Turner Cliffs; Pasley Bay; Netsilik
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2022-0134; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjes-2022-0134; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjes-2022-0134

The strata exposed near Pasley Bay on south-western Boothia Peninsula were previously named the Franklin Strait Formation, spanning Lower Ordovician through early Silurian and dissected by two disconformities. The interpretation of the age and correlation were based on limited fossil evidence. New d...