| Title | Triassic history of the Tanquary High in NE Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
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| Author | Embry, A |
| Source | Circum-arctic structural events: tectonic evolution of the arctic margins and trans-arctic links with adjacent orogens; by Piepjohn, K; Strauss, JV; Reinhardt, L; McClelland, WC; Geological Society of
America, Special Paper vol. 541, 2019 p. 285-301, https://doi.org/10.1130/2018.2541(14) |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20200203 |
| Publisher | Geological Society of America |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Northwest Territories |
| NTS | 560A; 560D; 560E; 340B; 340C; 340D; 340E; 340F; 340G; 340H; 120F; 120G; 120H |
| Lat/Long WENS | -95.0000 -60.0000 85.0000 80.0000 |
| Subjects | geochronology; Nature and Environment; Science and Technology; history; stratigraphic analyses; tectonic elements; facies; isopachs; Sverdrup Basin; Triassic |
| Illustrations | location maps; photographs; tables; cross-sections; stratigraphic charts; geochronological charts |
| Released | 2019 06 14 |
| Abstract | The Tanquary High is a positive tectonic feature that was identified on the southern margin of the far northeastern portion of Sverdrup Basin. A sequence stratigraphic analysis of the Triassic
succession of northern Ellesmere Island, involving 27 measured sections and one well section, has allowed the geometry and evolution of the high in the Triassic to be elucidated. The Triassic succession occurs within five second-order sequences, and
each sequence boundary reflects the occurrence of a tectonic episode that included basin margin uplift and basinward movement of the shoreline. The Tanquary High was uplifted during these tectonic episodes, which occurred in the latest Permian,
latest Early Triassic, latest Middle Triassic, latest Carnian, and latest Norian. Each sequence is truncated toward the crest of the high where Rhaetian strata now overlie Cambrian strata. Isopach and facies data for each sequence reveal that, at the
times of maximum uplift of the Tanquary High, the subaerially exposed part of the high extended 100-150 km down its northwest-trending axis and up to 150-200 km down each flank. Rapid subsidence completed each tectonic episode and initiated the
development of a new sequence. The Tanquary High was completely drowned at these times. It is hypothesized that the tectonic episodes were generated by changes in horizontal stress fields driven by plate tectonic reorganizations. The facies and
isopach maps of the latest Triassic to early Early Jurassic (Rhaetian-Sinemurian) second-order sequence demonstrate that the Tanquary High ceased to exist following the first order, latest Norian sequence boundary. A complete reversal of source areas
and the initiation of the Amerasia rift basin coincided with the demise of the Tanquary High. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 326615 |
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