Early Devonian age of the Detroit River Group, inferred from Arctic stromatoporoids

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Prosh, Eric C., Stearn, Colin W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1993
• Subjects: Arctic; Blue Fiord; Detroit; Ellesmere Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e93-213; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e93-213

The Detroit River Group of southwestern Ontario and the adjacent United States has traditionally been considered mostly or entirely Middle Devonian in age. Detroit River Group faunas are, however, highly endemic and difficult to correlate to the chronostratigraphic standard; widely accepted conodont...