Sequence stratigraphy of a coastal to offshore transition, Upper Cretaceous Kanguk Formation: a palynological, sedimentological, and Rock-Eval characterization of a depositional sequence, northeastern Sverdrup Basin, Canadian arctic ...

• Main Author: Nunez-Betelu, Luis Koldo M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Calgary 1994
• Subjects: QE 688 N76 1994a; Additional Copy QE 688 N76 1994; Geology, Stratigraphic - Cretaceous; Formations Geology - Northwest Territories - Sverdrup Basin region; Geology - Arctic regions; Palynology - Northwest Territories - Sverdrup Basin; Sedimentation and depostion - Arctic regions; Arctic; Northwest Territories; sverdrup basin
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/23900; https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/30269

Bibliography: p. 371-431. ... : The stratigraphic nature, palynological constituents, and petroleum potential of the Kanguk Formation and contiguous strata have been assessed by combining palynology, sedimentology, and Rock-Eval/TOC 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 Formation 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 (Ibaidinium g. nov.), seven new marine dinocyst species (Chatangiella ...