Biostratigraphy, age, and the paleoenvironment of the Pliocene Beaufort formation on Meighen Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago /

Biostratigraphy, age, and the paleoenvironment of the Pliocene Beaufort formation on Meighen Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago /

Meighen Island is a keystone site in the Neogene Canadian High Arctic, unique in the Beaufort Formation for its interbedded marine tongue. This volume is a comprehensive report on the biostratigraphy, age and correlation of Meighen Island to other important Arctic localities from the standpoint of d...

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Main Authors: Barendregt, Rene W. (Author), Matthews, J. V. (Author), Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M. (Author), Brigham-Grette, Julie (Author), Fyles, J. G. (John Gladstone), 1923- (Author), Ovenden, Lynn E. (Lynn Elise), 1950- (Author), McNeil, D. H. (Author), Brouwers, Elisabeth M. (Author), Marincovich, Louie (Author), Rybczynski, Natalia, 1971- (Author), Fletcher, Tamara L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colorado : Geological Society of America, [2021]
Series:Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 551.
Subjects:
Paleoecology > Nunavut > Meighen Island.
Paleontology > Nunavut > Meighen Island.
Paleoecology > Pliocene.
Paleontology > Pliocene.
Table of Contents:
  • Materials and methods: Paleomagnetic analyses ; Amino Acid Analyses ; Paleontology ; Beaufort Formation on Meighen Island
  • Results: Paleomagnetic Analyses ; Amino Acid Analyses ; Paleontology
  • Discussion: Age of the Bjaere Bay Sequence ; Molluscan Fauna ; Palynology ; Paleoenvironment ; Paleoclimate ; Phytogeography.