Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Late Cretaceous Bentonites from the Kanguk Formation, Axel Heiberg and Ellesmere Islands, Canadian High Arctic

• Main Author: Parsons, Michael B.
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Greenland; Gunter; Heiberg; sverdrup basin
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/79960

Petrographic and geochemical analyses of bulk bentonites, volcanic minerals, and unaltered glass inclusions in quartz phenocrysts reveal the composition and tectonic setting of Late Cretaceous explosive volcanism in the Canadian High Arctic. The bentonitic clays represent altered volcanic ashes inte...