Provenance and Petrofacies, Upper Devonian Sandstones, Philip Smith Mountains and Arctic Quadrangles Brooks Range, Alaska

• Main Author: Anderson, Arlene Verona
• Other Authors: Coney, Peter J.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Arizona. 1987
• Subjects: Geology > Alaska > Brooks Range; Geology; Stratigraphic > Devonian; Sandstone > Alaska > Brooks Range; Facies (Geology) > Alaska > Brooks Range; Brooks Range (Alaska); Antevs; Arctic; Brooks Range; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/236072

A petrographic study of upper Devonian sandstones (Endicott and Hammond Terranes), Philip Smith Mountains and Arctic quadrangles, Brooks Range, Alaska, shows that the sand-sized detritus was derived from two petrographic provenances. Detrital modes, calculated from point counts of thin sections, sho...