Ecological controls on Devonian stromatoporoid-dominated and coral-dominated reef growth in the Mackenzie Basin, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Corlett, Hilary, Jones, Brian
• Other Authors: Jin, Jisuo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2011
• Subjects: Mackenzie Basin; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e11-056; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/e11-056; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e11-056

The Horn Plateau Formation, composed of isolated reefs, is part of the Devonian strata that formed in the Mackenzie Basin in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The reefs stretch over a ∼350 m northeast–southwest trend and are dominated by tabulate and rugose corals in the northeast, near exposed Can...