Proterozoic paleocurrents and depositional history of the East Arm fold belt, Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Hoffman, Paul
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1969
• Subjects: Great Slave Lake; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e69-042; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e69-042

Nearly 40 000 ft (~12 190 m) of unmetamorphosed Aphebian (and possibly lowermost Helikian) sedimentary and volcanic rocks are exposed in the East Arm of Great Slave Lake. This sequence is an erosional remnant of an Appalachian-type geosynclinal complex with a NNW depositional strike. Integrated pale...