Diagenesis and thermal maturation of the Eureka sound formation, Strand Fiord, Axel Heiberg Island, Arctic Canada

• Main Author: Allen, David Peter Beddome
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 1986
• Subjects: Arctic; Axel Heiberg Island; Canada; Eureka; Eureka Sound; Heiberg; Kanguk Peninsula; Strand Fiord
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25725

Nearly 3000 continuous metres of Eureka Sound Formation sandstones, shales and coals were examined in outcrop along Kanguk Peninsula, Axel Heiberg Island, N.W.T., in the present study. From these rocks, diagenetic parameters such as illite crystrallinity, 1.0 nm peak sharpness ratios, proportion of...