Pennsylvanian–Early Permian Carbonate Shelf to Slope Transition, Sverdrup Basin, Northwest Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada (Nunavut)
| atmire.migration.oldid | 1483 | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Beauchamp, Benoit | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shultz, Candice Victoria | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-25T21:31:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-11-12T08:00:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-09-25 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2013 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Near continuous outcrop of Pennsylvanian to Early Permian carbonate strata were studied on northwest Ellesmere Island, in the Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Canada. Six sections were examined displaying shallow water facies of the Nansen Formation and deeper water facies of the Hare Fiord Formation. Petrographic analysis and field observations identified 15 microfacies that represent four main depositional environments along a distally steepened ramp. The environments are: restricted shelf, shoal and patch reef, open shelf, and slope with evidence for exponential slope geometry. This is a new interpretation as the Nansen Formation studied to the north was interpreted as a rimmed shelf with a planar slope geometry. Slope morphology is influenced by: climate change, oceanography and prevailing wind direction, and tectonics. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Shultz, C. V. (2013). Pennsylvanian–Early Permian Carbonate Shelf to Slope Transition, Sverdrup Basin, Northwest Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada (Nunavut) (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27283 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27283 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11023/1048 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Graduate Studies | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University 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.subject | Geology | |
| dc.subject.classification | Carbonates | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Pennsylvanian–Early Permian | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Sverdrup Basin | en_US |
| dc.title | Pennsylvanian–Early Permian Carbonate Shelf to Slope Transition, Sverdrup Basin, Northwest Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada (Nunavut) | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Geoscience | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science (MSc) | |
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