Stratigraphy of the Ordovician of the Lac Saint-Jean and Chicoutimi outliers, Quebec

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Desbiens, Sylvain, Lespérance, Pierre J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1989
• Subjects: Arctic; Bleue; Galets; Tremblay
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e89-101; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e89-101

Four previously defined formations within the Chicoutimi outlier are extended to the Lac Saint-Jean outlier; these formations are gradational into one another. The lowest of these formations, the Tremblay, is restricted to siliciclastic strata (predominantly coarse-grained sandstones); the overlying...