Lower Triassic bryozoan beds from Ellesmere Island, High Arctic, Canada

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Baud, A., Nakrem, H.A., Beauchamp, B., Beatty, T.W., Embry, A.F., Henderson, C.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Arctic; Arcticopora; bryozoans; Canada; Spitsbergen; Triassic; Blind Fiord; Confederation Point; Ellesmere Island; Polar Research; sverdrup basin
• Online Access: https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_CA37765D4380; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-8369.2008.00071.x

In the Sverdrup Basin (Canadian Arctic), the Lower Triassic Blind Fiord Formation, comprising siltstone and shale, overlies various Middle to Late Permian (post-Wordian) sedimentary units. This formation is subdivided into three members: the Confederation Point, Smith Creek and Svartfjeld members of...