Paleoproterozoic stromatolites, Hurwitz Group, Quartzite Lake area, Northwest Territories, Canada

Decimetric to metric domal stromatolites with constituent ministromatolites characterize reddish, 13 C-enriched dolostones in the Watterson Formation of the Quartzite Lake area west of Hudson Bay. They provide paleontologic support for a correlation with the only other known early Paleoproterozoic s...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Authors: Hofmann, H J, Davidson, A
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1998
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Northwest Territories
Hudson Bay
Canada
Hudson
Nash
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e97-103
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e97-103
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Summary:Decimetric to metric domal stromatolites with constituent ministromatolites characterize reddish, 13 C-enriched dolostones in the Watterson Formation of the Quartzite Lake area west of Hudson Bay. They provide paleontologic support for a correlation with the only other known early Paleoproterozoic stromatolite occurrences in North America: the Kona Formation of Michigan, and the Nash Formation in southern Wyoming. They also are similar to stromatolites in probable coeval Jatulian carbonates in Karelia on the Baltic Shield, and possibly to stromatolites in the Hutuo Group in China.

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