Hirnantian (Ordovician) through Wenlock (Silurian) conodont biostratigraphy, bioevents, and integration with graptolite biozones, Cape Phillips Formation slope facies, Cornwallis Island, Canadian Arctic Islands

• Main Authors: Zhang, Shunxin, Jowett, David Martyn Stuart, Barnes, Chris R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Cornwallis; Cape Phillips; Sandvika; Cornwallis Island; Arctic Archipelago
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/78295; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjes-2017-0023

Cornwallis Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago provides one of the worldâ s best areas for establishing an integrated graptolite-conodont biozonation for the Late Ordovician-Silurian given the well-exposed interfingering relationship of the basinal shale and carbonate platform facies. Building...