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

• 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

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...