Lower Permian (Sakmarian) Cool-water Microbial Carbonate Mounds of the Sverdrup Basin

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dc.contributor.advisorBeauchamp, Benoit
dc.contributor.authorPelletier, Eric
dc.contributor.committeememberHenderson, Charles
dc.contributor.committeememberDutchak, Alex
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-17T22:35:38Z
dc.date.available2017-01-17T22:35:38Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017en
dc.description.abstractThe Sverdrup Basin in the Canadian Arctic records a shift from warm-water photozoan carbonates to cool-water heterozoan carbonates during the Early Permian. Carbonate buildups composed of dominantly thrombolytic micrite with primary biotic components including bryozoan, echinoderm, Tubiphytes, brachiopod and sponge spicules occur as a series of mud mounds restricted to paleobathymetric lows located on present day Ellesmere Island. As many as 43 carbonate mud mounds have been catalogued from both Blind Fiord and Otto Fiord and are described and interpreted using microfacies analysis and geochemical analyses as part of this study. These mounds grew up to 150 m in thickness at the interface between a distally steepened ramp and a sigmoidal slope. This setting was below storm wave base, nutrient rich, and subjected to frequent turbidites and tempestites. Sediments from this environment comprise variably silty heterozoan wackestones and packstones.between a distally steepened ramp and a sigmoidal slope. This setting was below storm wave base, nutrient rich and subjected to frequent turbidites and tempestites. Sediments from this environment comprise variably silty heterozoan wackestones and packstones with primary biotic components including bryozoan, echinoderm, Tubiphytes, brachiopod and sponge spicules.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPelletier, E. (2017). Lower Permian (Sakmarian) Cool-water Microbial Carbonate Mounds of the Sverdrup Basin (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26796en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26796
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3568
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectGeology
dc.subject.othermud mound
dc.subject.otherSverdrup Basin
dc.subject.otherPermian
dc.titleLower Permian (Sakmarian) Cool-water Microbial Carbonate Mounds of the Sverdrup Basin
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineGeology and Geophysics
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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