Paleoproterozoic Rocks of the Belcher Islands, Nunavut: A Review of Their Remarkable Geology and Relevance to Inuit-led Conservation Efforts

• Published in: Geoscience Canada
• Main Authors: McDonald, Brayden, Partin, Camille
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Geological Association of Canada 2024
• Subjects: Belcher Islands; Canadian Shield; Conservation; Geobiology; Paleoproterozoic; Superior Craton; Trans-Hudson Orogen; eskimo*; Hudson Bay; inuit; Nunavut
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1111186ar; https://doi.org/10.12789/geocanj.2024.51.207

The Paleoproterozoic Belcher Group (ca. 2.0 to 1.83 Ga) occurs on the remote Belcher Islands of Hudson Bay in Nunavut, Canada. It includes nearly nine kilometres of well-preserved siliciclastic and carbonate sedimentary rocks, deposited initially in a marginal to shallow marine setting representing...