Stratigraphy and sedimentology of Upper Silurian rocks, northern Somerset Island, Arctic Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Jones, Brian, Dixon, Owen A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1977
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Canada; Somerset Island; Read Bay
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e77-125; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e77-125

Late Silurian subtidal, interidal, and supratidal rocks are widely and complexly associated along the north coast of Somerset Island. The Read Bay Formation in the northwest, a subtidal limestone facies with brachiopod–coral faunas, is at least in part the lateral equivalent to the Leopold Formation...