Paleontologic Evidence of Marine Sediments in the Eureka Sound Formation of Ellesmere Island, Arctic Archipelago, N.W.T., Canada

Paleontologic investigation of the early Tertiary Eureka Sound Formation on Ellesmere Island, N.W.T., demonstrates the presence of well developed marine beds in that unit, which was previously considered almost completely terrestrial. This new interpretation is based largely upon the occurrence of r...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Authors: West, Robert M., Dawson, Mary R., Hutchison, J. Howard, Ramaekers, Paul
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1975
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Arctic
Ellesmere Island
Canada
Eureka
Eureka Sound
Arctic Archipelago
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e75-051
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e75-051
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Summary:Paleontologic investigation of the early Tertiary Eureka Sound Formation on Ellesmere Island, N.W.T., demonstrates the presence of well developed marine beds in that unit, which was previously considered almost completely terrestrial. This new interpretation is based largely upon the occurrence of remains of foraminifers and fish at four localities.

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