Author: J. C. HarrisonPublisher: Natural Resources Canada
ISBN: 0660180189
Category : Sedimentary rocks
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
The Hazen Formation is an especially significant unit in northern Ellesmere Island and Greenland, as its depositional history spans the Cambrian to Silurian and underlies (and is exposed) throughout a substantial portion of the Arctic Islands. Four of its subdivisions can be mapped individually and correlated over at least 100 kilometres. This paper provides preliminary observations concerning the nature and correlation of the Hazen Formation with age-equivalent portions of the basinal succession in northern Greenland and the adjacent shelf succession of north-east Ellesmere Island. The paper describes the stratigraphy of the outer- shelf and basin-fill successions exposed on Judge Daly Promontory, the five mapped subdivisions of the Hazen Formation, and the age & correlations of the Formation.