Subsurface mapping of Ellesmerian onlaps: Testing the opening of the Arctic Canada Basin

• Main Author: Connelly, Brian
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Research Repository @ WVU 2006
• Subjects: Geology; Arctic; Canada; Prince Patrick Island; Barrow; canada basin; Alaska
• Online Access: https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/2463; https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3467&context=etd

Since the advent of plate tectonics in the mid-1960's the mechanism for formation of the majority of the world's ocean basins has been solved. However, there are still several remaining tectonic conundrums, such as the origin of the Arctic Canada Basin. The most widely accepted tectonic hy...