Biostratigraphic evidence for incremental tectonic development of early Cambrian deep-water environments in the Misty Creek embayment (Selwyn basin, Northwest Territories, Canada)

• Main Authors: Scott, R. William, Turner, Elizabeth C., MacNaughton, Robert B, Fallas, Karen M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Toronto 2021
• Subjects: Northwest Territories; Canada; Hess; Selwyn; Misty Creek; Hess River
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/110269; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjes-2021-0049

The early evolution of the Misty Creek embayment (MCE), a prominent, northwest-trending sub-basin of the economically important Selwyn basin, is poorly understood. The abrupt contact between Cambrian Stage 4 (traditional lower Cambrian) carbonate ramp strata of the Sekwi Formation and overlying Miao...