Late Neoarchean to middle Paleoproterozoic geology of Devon and Ellesmere islands, Canadian Arctic

• Main Author: Laughton, Joshua P
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarship@Western 2023
• Subjects: Devon Island; Ellesmere Island; Rae craton; Precambrian; geochronology; phase equilibrium modelling; Geology; Arctic; Arrowsmith; Boothia Peninsula; Canada; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Greenland; Prudhoe Land; Rae; Arctic Archipelago; Prudhoe land
• Online Access: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/9219; https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/context/etd/article/11891/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf

The northernmost exposure of the Laurentian shield in Canada outcrops on Devon and Ellesmere islands within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Due to the remote location, the basement rocks of these islands have received little attention. From this study, zircon crystallization ages demonstrate that D...