New evidence for the chronology of the Eurekan Orogeny from south-central Ellesmere Island

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Riediger, Cynthia L., Bustin, R. M., Rouse, G. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1984
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Eureka; Eureka Sound; Arctic Archipelago; Baffin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e84-133; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e84-133

Discovery of a post-orogenic coarse-grained sandstone and pebble- to cobble-conglomerate unit on south-central Ellesmere Island provides important new evidence for the chronology of the Eurekan Orogeny in the eastern Arctic Archipelago. Palynological studies indicate an Early Miocene age for these d...