Princess Margaret Arch: re-evaluation of an element of the Eurekan Orogen, Axel Heiberg Island, Arctic Archipelago

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Ricketts, B. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Eureka; Heiberg; Axel Heiberg Island; Eureka Sound; The Arch; Arctic Archipelago; sverdrup basin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e87-234; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e87-234

It is argued on the basis of structural, stratigraphic, and sedimentologic criteria that Princess Margaret Arch developed during the principal phase of Eurekan thrusting and folding and therefore is no older than Middle Eocene. Sub-Eureka Sound Group unconformities on eastern Axel Heiberg Island are...