Clastic Sedimentology of the Beaufort Formation, Prince Patrick Island, Canadian Arctic Islands: Late Tertiary Sandy Braided River Deposits With Woody Detritus Beds

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Devaney, Jonathan R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1991
• Subjects: Climate change; Fossil forests; Miocene epoch; Palaeobotany; Palaeogeography; Palynology; Pliocene epoch; Rivers; Sea level; Sediment transport; Sedimentation; Stratigraphy; Prince Patrick Island; N.W.T; Arctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64594

The Beaufort Formation (probably of Pliocene age) exposed on Prince Patrick Island in the western Canadian Arctic Islands is an unlithified and poorly exposed unit consisting of the following assemblage of facies; (A) clast-supported gravel (channel floor lags, longitudinal bars); (B) cross-bedded s...