Early Neoproterozoic Basin Formation in Yukon, Canada: Implications for the Make-Up and Break-Up of Rodinia

• Main Authors: Macdonald, Francis Alexander, Halverson, Galen P., Strauss, Justin Vincent, Smith, Emily F., Cox, Grant, Sperling, Erik A., Roots, Charles F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Association of Canada 2012
• Subjects: Yukon; Northwest Territories; Canada; Ogilvie; Ogilvie Mountains; Mackenzie mountains; Victoria Island; victoria island
• Online Access: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33717504

Geological mapping and stratigraphic anaylsis of the early Neoproterozoic Fifteenmile Group in the western Ogilvie Mountains of Yukon, Canada, has revealed large lateral facies changes in both carbonate and siliciclastic strata. Syn-sedimentary NNW-side-down normal faulting during deposition of the...