Chronostratigraphy of the Beaufort Formation, western Canadian Arctic Archipelago

• Main Author: Braschi, Lea
• Other Authors: Department of Earth Sciences, Master of Science, Andrew MacRae, John Gosse, Martin Gibling, Natalia Rybczynski, Not Applicable
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: geochronology; stratigraphy; sedimentology; paleoclimatology; Beaufort Formation; High Terrace Sediments; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Banks Island; Ballast Brook; cosmogenic nuclides; Arctic; Eureka; Eureka Sound; Hassel; Isachsen; Northwest Passage; Yukon; Arctic Archipelago; Global warming; Ice; Ice Sheet; Northwest passage; permafrost; wedge*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/56765

The Beaufort Formation (BF) braided river deposit contains exceptionally well-preserved logs, leaves, peat, insects, and vertebrate fossils that provide key evidence for Arctic environmental conditions during the Pliocene. Its wide geographic range along the western edge of the Canadian Arctic Archi...