Preliminary Investigations of Early Proterozoic western River and Burnside River Formations : Evidence For Foredeep Origin of Kilohigok Basin, District of Mackenzie

• Main Authors: Grotzinger, J. P., Gall, Q.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Survey of Canada 1986
• Subjects: Burnside River; Western River
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/50372/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/50372/1/Grotzinger_1986p95.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20141014-094646232

In the Kilohigok Basin, the Western River and Burnside River formations comprise three successively overlying tectono-stratigraphic sedimentary units of regional extent: a basal shallow water siliciclastic/carbonate platform, overlain by deepwater flysch, in turn overlain by shallow marine and fluvi...