Stratigraphy and floristics of Eocene swamp forests from Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Greenwood, David R., Basinger, James F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1993
• Subjects: Arctic; Axel Heiberg Island; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Heiberg; Stump; Arctic Archipelago
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e93-169; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e93-169

A record of polar Eocene forests is preserved as in situ tree-stump fields and leaf-litter mats in Buchanan Lake Formation sediments on Axel Heiberg Island, in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Stratigraphic examination at the centimetre to metre scale of peat–coal lithology and macrofossil floristic...