Some Silurian stromatoporoids from northwestern Baffin Island.

This thesis is concerned with the taxonomy of a collection of Stromatoporoidea from Baffin Island. Fossils were collected from a great thickness of carbonate strata found at Brodeur Peninsula, the northwestern tip of the island. A detailed review of the Ordovician and Silurian stratigraphy of northw...

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Main Author: Petryk, Allen Alexander.
Other Authors: Stearn, C. (Supervisor)
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: McGill University 1965
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Online Access:http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=118100
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Summary:This thesis is concerned with the taxonomy of a collection of Stromatoporoidea from Baffin Island. Fossils were collected from a great thickness of carbonate strata found at Brodeur Peninsula, the northwestern tip of the island. A detailed review of the Ordovician and Silurian stratigraphy of northwestern Baffin Island is included. A brief statement on the importance of stromatoporoids in stratigraphic correlation is given. [.]