| Title | Dinoflagellate cyst taxonomy of the Late Cretaceous Smoking Hills Formation (Horton-Anderson Plains, NWT) |
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| Author | Bringué, M ;
Fensome, R A; Galloway, J M |
| Source | Geoconvention 2020 abstracts; 2020 p. 1-2  Open
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| Links | Online - En ligne
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| Year | 2020 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20190494 |
| Publisher | Geoconvention Partnership |
| Meeting | GeoConvention 2020; September 21-23, 2020 |
| Document | Web site |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Northwest Territories |
| NTS | 97C/03; 97C/04; 97C/05; 97C/06; 97C/11; 97C/12; 97C/13; 97C/14; 107D/01; 107D/08; 107D/09; 107D/16 |
| Area | Smoking Hills |
| Lat/Long WENS | -128.3333 -126.0000 70.0000 69.0000 |
| Subjects | paleontology; stratigraphy; Nature and Environment; Science and Technology; Upper Cretaceous; Campanian; Santonian; micropaleontology; microfossils; bedrock geology; lithology; sedimentary rocks;
shales; biostratigraphy; systematic paleontology; taxonomy; paleoenvironment; Horton-Anderson Plains; Dinoflagellates; Smoking Hills Formation; Kanguk Formation; Sverdrup Basin; Phanerozoic; Mesozoic; Cretaceous |
| Program | GEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals Western Arctic-Beaufort-Northern Yukon |
| Released | 2020 09 01 |
| Abstract | (Summary)
The Late Cretaceous Kanguk Formation in the Canadian Arctic, and time-equivalent strata in circum-Arctic areas, contain exceptionally abundant, diverse and well-preserved
dinoflagellate cysts (dinocysts). This study details ongoing taxonomic work on the highly diverse dinoflagellate cyst assemblages of the Smoking Hills Formation, a Santonian to Campanian shale unit considered time equivalent to the middle part of the
Kanguk Formation in the Sverdrup Basin. This work constitutes a first step towards detailed biostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental studies of Late Cretaceous strata in the region. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The Kanguk Formation in the Canadian Arctic, and time-equivalent strata in other Arctic areas, contain exceptionally abundant, diverse and well-preserved
microfossils called dinoflagellate cysts. This study details ongoing taxonomic work on the dinoflagellate cyst assemblages of the Smoking Hills Formation, an Upper Cretaceous shale unit considered time equivalent to the middle part of the Kanguk
Formation in the Canadian Arctic. This work constitutes the first step towards detailed biostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental studies of late Cretaceous strata in the region. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 321636 |
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