The Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Fossils of the Haughton Formation: A Post‐Impact Crater‐Fill, Devon Island, N.W.T., Canada

• Published in: Meteoritics
• Main Authors: Hickey, Leo J., Johnson, Kirk R., Dawson, Mary R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1988
• Subjects: Canada; Devon Island; Eureka; Eureka Sound
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1988.tb01284.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1945-5100.1988.tb01284.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1988.tb01284.x

Abstract— After the impact that formed Haughton crater, 22.4 ± 1.4 Ma ago (early Miocene), the cavity filled with water and began to accumulate lacustrine sediments. These preserve detailed evidence of pre‐impact stratigraphy and post‐impact morphology and development of the crater, as well as of th...