The Devonian clastic wedge and underlying strata of southwestern Canadian Arctic Archipelago: stratigraphic revisions
P.B. Kabanov,
K.E. Dewing,
E.A. Atkinson
et al.
Abstract:The Devonian clastic wedge (DCW) and underlying carbonate platforms and basinal mudrocks of the study area are re-examined using legacy seismic data and XRF surveys of borehole chip samples. The Ordovician-Devonian basinal succession of Melville Island is consolidated under the name Ibbett Bay Group within the Northwest Territories, whereas equivalent strata in Nunavut are grouped into the Cape Phillips Formation. The Kitson Formation black shale is correlative with the upper Ibbett Bay Group. Six horizons wit… Show more
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