Permian alkaline basalts associated with formation of the Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Cameron, B. I., Muecke, G. K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1996
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Greely Fiord; sverdrup basin; Ocean Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e96-110; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e96-110

Permian basaltic rocks of the Esayoo Formation attended lithospheric extension that formed the Sverdrup Basin in the Canadian Arctic. North of Greely Fiord, northern Ellesmere Island, subaerial flows of the Esayoo Formation attain a maximum thickness of 300 m, but thin rapidly westward, where pillow...