Biostratigraphy, age, and the paleoenvironment of the Pliocene Beaufort formation on Meighen Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago / R.W. Barendregt, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Lethbridge, Canada, J.V. Matthews Jr., Geological Survey of Canada, Canada, V. Behan-Pelletier, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Canada, J. Brigham-Grette, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, J.G. Fyles, Geological Survey of Canada, Canada, L.E. Ovenden, Geological Survey of Canada, Canada, D.H. McNeil, Geological Survey of Canada, Canada, E. Brouwers, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado, L. Marincovich, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, N. Rybczynski, Canadian Museum of Nature, Natural Heritage Campus, Canada, T.L. Fletcher, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, University of Montana, Montana.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barendregt, Rene W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleoecology--Nunavut--Meighen Island.

Paleoecology.

Paleontology--Nunavut--Meighen Island.

Paleontology.

Paleoecology--Pliocene.

Paleontology--Pliocene.

Place of Publication:

Geological Society of America

Summary:

"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 deposits exposed in the area of Bjaere Bay on the west side of the Island. The authors consider the diverse fossil macrofloras and pollen, the terrestrial and marine faunas, magnetostratigraphy, and amino acid racemization and put this site in the context of major changes in climate and geography during the Pliocene"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-8137-9551-6