Upper Silurian stromatoporoids from Somerset Island, Arctic Canada

Plexodictyon katriense Nestor, P. heclae n. sp., Diplostroma sp., Actinostroma furyi n. sp., Actinodictyon netsiliki n. sp., and Vicinostachyodes sokolovi (Riabinin) occur in Upper Silurian (middle to late Ludlovian) strata near Creswell Bay, Somerset Island. Faunal and sedimentological evidence sug...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Author: Savelle, James M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1979
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Arctic
Canada
Somerset Island
Nestor
Creswell Bay
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e79-033
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e79-033
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Summary:Plexodictyon katriense Nestor, P. heclae n. sp., Diplostroma sp., Actinostroma furyi n. sp., Actinodictyon netsiliki n. sp., and Vicinostachyodes sokolovi (Riabinin) occur in Upper Silurian (middle to late Ludlovian) strata near Creswell Bay, Somerset Island. Faunal and sedimentological evidence suggests the stromatoporoids inhabited predominantly shallow, high energy, near-shore environments.

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