Devonian stromatoporoid fauna of the Bent Horn oilfield, Cameron Island, Northwest Territories

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Stearn, Colin W
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1998
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Yukon; Northwest Territories; Ellesmere Island; Cameron Island; Blue Fiord
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e97-089; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e97-089

The reservoir reef carbonates at the Bent Horn field have been referred to as the Blue Fiord Formation, but they are younger than the type Blue Fiord of Ellesmere Island. The top of these carbonates, from which the stromatoporoid fauna is here described, is dated by conodonts as of Eifelian age. The...