The Archean deep-marine environment: turbidite architecture of the Burwash Formation, Slave Province, Northwest Territories

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Ferguson, Mark E, Waldron, John WF, Bleeker, Wouter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2005
• Subjects: Northwest Territories; Raquette Lake
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e04-070; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e04-070

The Slave Province is an Archean craton that contains an unusually large proportion of preserved sedimentary rock, including thick turbidite successions. The Burwash Formation is exposed in the southern Slave Province between the Anton and Sleepy Dragon basement massifs. At the base of the successio...