| Title | Multidisciplinary study of Paleogene-Neogene strata on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut: GEM-2 Western Arctic Project, Pearya Terrane activity |
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| Author | Galloway, J M ;
Reinhardt, L; von Gosen, W; Piepjohn, K; Dolezych, M; Lückge, A; Gaedicke, C; Sudermann, M; West, C K; Greenwood, D R |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8330, 2018, 11 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/306343  Open Access |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Nunavut |
| NTS | 49D/05; 340F/01; 340F/02; 340F/03; 340F/04; 340F/05; 340F/06 |
| Area | Canadian High Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Ellesmere Island; Yelverton Inlet; Wootton Peninsula; Stenkul Fiord |
| Lat/Long WENS | -88.0000 -80.0000 82.5000 77.0000 |
| Subjects | regional geology; stratigraphy; structural geology; tectonics; sedimentology; surficial geology/geomorphology; geochemistry; paleontology; geochronology; Neogene; Paleogene; Eocene; Paleocene; tectonic
evolution; deformation; paleoclimates; bedrock geology; lithology; sedimentary rocks; sediments; clasts; geochemical analyses; isotopic studies; trace element analyses; major element analyses; minor element geochemistry; organic geochemistry;
palynological analyses; pollen; spores; algae; micropaleontology; microfossils; vertebrates; fossils; macrofossils; flora; fossil fish; biostratigraphy; structural analyses; Eureka Orogeny; Margaret Formation; Eureka Sound Group; Dinoflagellates;
Hansen Point Volcanics; Eureka Sound Formation; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Tertiary; Mesozoic; Cretaceous |
| Illustrations | location maps |
| Program | GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals Western Arctic, Pearya Terrane, North Ellesmere |
| Program | Polar Continental Shelf Program
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| Released | 2018 01 09 |
| Abstract | (Summary)
We are conducting integrative and multi-disciplinary structural and stratigraphic research to precisely date the timing of structural deformation associated with the Eurekan
deformation to provide new insight into the tectonic evolution of the Arctic. Our study is also expected to provide insight into Paleocene and Eocene climates of the Canadian High Arctic. This work is a contribution to the Pearya Activity within the
Western Arctic Project of the GEM Program of the Geological Survey of Canada.
We conducted a 4-week field program in July and August 2017 on Ellesmere Island that was led by Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR; German Federal
Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources) and the Geological Survey of Canada. Two side camp locations were targeted for detailed structural and stratigraphic study: Stenkul Fiord (southern Ellesmere Island, NTS 049D/5) and Wootton Peninsula,
northeastern Ellesmere Island (NTS 340F/4; Figures 1, 2). Our field-based mapping and detailed stratigraphic studies included sedimentology and collection of mudrock and sediments for isotopic, element geochemical, organic geochemical,
paleontological, and palynological analyses. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
We are conducting integrative and multi-disciplinary structural and stratigraphic research to precisely date the timing of structural deformation
associated with the Eurekan Orogeny to provide new insight into the tectonic evolution of the Arctic Ocean. Our study we also provide insight into Paleocene and Eocene climates of the Canadian High Arctic. We conducted a 6-week long field program
in July and August 2017 on Ellesmere Island that was led by Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR; German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources) and the Geological Survey of Canada. Two side camp locations were
targeted for detailed structural and stratigraphic study: Stenkul Fiord (southern Ellesmere Island) and Wootton Peninsula, northeastern Ellesmere Island (Figure 1). Our field-based interpretative mapping and detailed stratigraphic studies included
sedimentology and collection of mudrock and sediments for isotopic, element geochemical, organic geochemical, paleontological and palynological analyses. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 306343 |
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