Post-rift geology of the Jeanne d'Arc Basin, with a focus on the architecture and evolution of early Paleogene submarine fans, and insights from modern deep-water systems.

• Main Author: Deptuck, Mark Edward.
• Other Authors: Ph.D.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Dalhousie University 2014
• Subjects: Geology; Banks Shelf; Canada; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/55927

The Jeanne d'Arc Basin (JDB) is a relatively small passive-margin rift basin that underlies the northeastern part of the present day Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Up to 4 km of Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary strata were deposited in or above the basin and are generally believed to record the post...