Volcanic style in the Strand Fiord Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Ricketts, B., Osadetz, K. G., Embry, A. F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1985
• Subjects: Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Heiberg; Axel Heiberg Island; Alpha Ridge; Strand Fiord; alpha ridge; Arctic Archipelago; Polar Research; sverdrup basin
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2515; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v3i1.6942

The Strand Fiord Formation is a volcanic unit of early Late Cretaceous age which outcrops on west-central and northwestern Axel Heiberg Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The formation is part of the thick Sverdrup Basin succession and immediately precedes the final basin foundering event. T...