U–Pb age determinations on Proterozoic to Devonian rocks from northern Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Trettin, H. P., Parrish, R., Loveridge, W. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
• Subjects: Ellesmere Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e87-026; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e87-026

This paper presents age determinations on six units of the Franklinian deep-water basin and the Pearya Terrane of northern Ellmere Island and discusses their tectonic implications.Four different fractions of detrital zircon from the Lower Cambrian Grant Land Formation of the deep-water basin all hav...