Revised Stratigraphy of the Hunting Formation (Proterozoic), Somerset Island, Northwest Territories

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Dixon, James
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1974
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Northwest Territories; Somerset Island; Boothia Peninsula
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e74-060; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e74-060

In a revision of the stratigraphy of the Hunting Formation three members are recognised in the vicinity of the lower reaches of the Hunting River, northwestern Somerset Island. Member 1 rests conformably upon the Proterozoic Aston Formation and consists of sandstone, sandy dolostone, and dolostone;...