Sedimentary and paleontological features of the Tertiary–Cretaceous rocks of Somerset Island, Arctic Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Dineley, D. L., Rust, B. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1968
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Canada; Somerset Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e68-077; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e68-077

A 300 m succession of non-marine clastic rocks, herein termed the Idlorak Formation, lies in a graben on the Precambrian basement of Somerset Island, Arctic Canada. The indigenous microflora is probably late Cretaceous or Tertiary in age. Abraded fish remains, reaching 65 cm in length, include arthr...