Implications of coalification levels, Eureka Sound Formation, northeastern Arctic Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Bustin, R. M., Hills, L. V., Gunther, P. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1977
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Eureka; Heiberg; Axel Heiberg Island; Eureka Sound; Fosheim Peninsula
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e77-135; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e77-135

The rank of coal in the Eureka Sound Formation on Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg Islands ranges from brown coal to high volatile bituminous coal, based on reflectance determinations. Reflectance values from coals adjacent to the Stolz Fault, Axel Heiberg Island, are higher than in adjacent areas and may...