Hettangian (Lower Jurassic) rocks and faunas, northern Yukon Territory

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Frebold, Hans, Poulton, T. P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1977
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Yukon; Canada; Bonnet Lake; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e77-010; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e77-010

The Lower Jurassic Hettangian Stage is documented with certainty for the first time in the Canadian Arctic. It is represented by a basal Jurassic sandstone unit in the Bonnet Lake area of northern Yukon Territory. The two subzones of the Early Hettangian Planorbis Zone, i.e., the Planorbis Subzone a...