| Title | Volcanostratigraphy and significance of the southern lobe Natkusiak Formation flood basalts, Victoria Island, Northwest Territories |
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| Author | Williamson, N; Bédard, J; Ootes, L; Rainbird, R ; Cousens, B; Zagorevski, A |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research (Online) no. 2013-16, 2013, 15 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/292706  Open Access |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | NRCan photo(s) in this
publication |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Northwest Territories |
| NTS | 87G/01; 87G/02; 87G/07; 87G/08; 87G/09; 87G/16; 87H; 88A/01; 88A/02; 88A/03; 88A/04; 88A/05; 88A/06; 88A/07; 88A/08; 88A/09; 88A/10; 88A/11; 88A/12 |
| Area | Victoria Island; Ulukhaktok; Minto Inlet; Wynnlatt Bay |
| Lat/Long WENS | -118.0000 -112.0000 72.7500 71.0000 |
| Subjects | igneous and metamorphic petrology; stratigraphy; sediments, volcanogenic; volcanogenic deposits; stratigraphic analyses; stratigraphic correlations; igneous rocks; volcanic rocks; basalts;
volcaniclastics; volcanism; bedrock geology; Natkusiak Formation; Shaler Supergroup; Proterozoic |
| Illustrations | location maps; photographs; stratigraphic columns |
| Program | GEM: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals PGE/Base Metals - Victoria Island (NWT and Nunavut) |
| Released | 2013 11 25 |
| Abstract | The Neoproterozoic Franklin magmatic event, related to the breakup of Laurentia, is predominantly characterized by intrusive sills and dykes that extend across Arctic Canada. Associated Natkusiak
Formation flood basalts are exposed as erosional remnants within the core of a shallow syncline and cap sedimentary rocks of the Proterozoic Shaler Supergroup on Victoria Island in the western High Arctic, Northwest Territories. This study addresses
the physical volcanology and stratigraphy of the southern lobe Natkusiak Formation flood basalts. The southern Natkusiak Formation is herein divided into four units. The basal unit consists of rare pillowed flows and common, laterally discontinuous,
1 to 10 m thick, basalt flows. These are overlain by a massive volcaniclastic conglomerate and quartz-rich volcaniclastic sandstone. Together these units are up to 100 m thick. The upper volcanic unit comprises 10 to 30 m thick, laterally continuous
flows that are utilized as a stratigraphic datum. The four units are correlative to the previously established lower Natkusiak Formation stratigraphy of the northern lobe. Basal units of the volcanic pile show marked lateral thickness variations
implying the existence of significant topography prior to onset of the main phase of Franklin volcanism associated with the breakup of Laurentia. Establishing such volcanostratigraphic relationships across the Minto Inlier will help to better
understand and constrain the paleoenvironment of volcanism and provide a solid reference locality for comparisons with similar events during the break-up of Rodinia. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 292706 |
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