Sequence Stratigraphy and Detrital Zircon Geochronology of Middle-Late Ordovician Mt. Wilson Quartzite, British Columbia, Canada

• Other Authors: Pope, Michael C., Ayers, Walter B., Miller, Brent V.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Ordovician; Quartzite; Quartz Arenite; Sequence Stratigraphy; Detrital Zircon; Mt. Wilson; Canada; Hudson; British Columbia; Buffalo Head; Peace River
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10832

Middle-Late Ordovician Mt. Wilson Quartzite, southern British Columbia, Canada, is a supermature quartz arenite deposited in shallow marine-marginal marine environments on the Early Paleozoic western Laurentian passive margin. Facies-stacking patterns indicate the Mt. Wilson Quartzite is an unconfor...