Palynology of the Kanguk formation (late cretaceous), Remus Creek, Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago ...

• Main Author: Nunez-Betelu, Luis Koldo M.
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Calgary 1991
• Subjects: QE 993 N86 1991a; Additional Copy QE 993 N86 1991; Palynology - Northwest Territories - Ellesmere Island; Palynology - Northwest Territories - Remus Creek; Geology, Stratigraphic - Cretaceous; Formations Geology - Northwest Territories - Ellesmere Island; Arctic Archipelago; Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Ellesmere Island; Northwest Territories; sverdrup basin
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/19536; https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/24423

Bibliography: p. 193-227. ... : The stratigraphic nature, palynological constituents, and petroleum potential of the Kanguk Formation and contiguous strata have been assessed by combining palynology, sedimentology, and Rock-EvalffOC pyrolysis. In the northeastern Sverdrup Basin the Kanguk is latest Cenomanian/early Turonian to Campanian in age. It constitutes a depositional sequence bounded by two major unconformities throughout the study area except at Remus Creek. The lower unconformity spans the Albian-latest Cenomanian/Turonian interval whereas the upper unconformity includes the late Campanian-Paleocene interval. Both unconformities are diachronous. In the northeastern Sverdrup Basin the Kanguk Fonnation can be traced from coastal areas (Mount Bridgman) westward to offshore areas (Glacier Fiord). Marine and terrestrial palynomorphs are well-preserved and represented by 428 taxa, including 226 marine and 202 terrestrial species. One new marine dinocyst genus (lbaidinium g. nov.), seven new marine dinocyst species (Chatangiella ...