The stratigraphic position and the age of the Ordovician organic-rich intervals in the northern Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait and Foxe basins – evidence from graptolites.

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Zhang, Shunxin, Riva, John F. V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Ordovician organic-rich intervals; graptolites; northern Hudson Bay Basin; Foxe Basin; Hudson Strait Basin; Hudson Bay; Baffin Island; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Southampton Island; Akpatok Island; Amadjuak; Red Head Rapids; Boas River; Baffin; Foster Bay
• Online Access: https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/6897/; https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/6897/1/P3309.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2017-0266

Graptolites recovered from the organic-rich intervals, previously named the Boas River Formation in the Upper Ordovician succession on Southampton, Akpatok and southern Baffin islands provide a reliable age assessment for the Upper Ordovician petroleum source rocks in the northern Hudson Bay, Hudson...