Sedimentary structures and paleocurrents in a Tertiary deltaic succession, northern Banks Basin, Arctic Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Miall, Andrew D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1976
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Canada; Eureka; Eureka Sound
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e76-146; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e76-146

The Eureka Sound Formation of northern Banks Basin is a deltaic unit of Paleocene to Eocene age. A basal member of shale, approximately 100 m thick, passes vertically and, in part, laterally into a succession of sand, silt, shale, and lignitic coal approximately 1000 m thick, which is referred to as...