Late Pennsylvanian-Early Permian Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Paleoceanography of the Sverdrup Basin, NW Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada

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dc.contributor.advisorBeauchamp, Benoit
dc.contributor.authorCalvo Gonzalez, Daniel
dc.contributor.committeememberHenderson, Charles Murray
dc.contributor.committeememberDutchak, Alexander
dc.contributor.committeememberDewing, Keith
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-05T16:15:16Z
dc.date.available2016-07-05T16:15:16Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractThe Pennsylvanian-Early Permian carbonate succession of the Sverdrup Basin was studied in Otto Fiord, northwest Ellesmere Island. Seven sections containing shelf carbonates and slope mudrocks and chert were analyzed. The Gzhelian-Kungurian sequence stratigraphy of the basin was revisited based on microfacies analysis and field observations performed in these sections. Two new unconformity-bounded T-R sequences were defined: 1) Sakmarian: composed of the Raanes and contemporaneous Hare Fiord formations; and 2) Artinskian: formed by the Trappers Cove and the bulk of the Great Bear Cape formations. Furthermore, the warm- to cool-water transition in carbonate sedimentation in the basin was analyzed. Based on microfacies analysis of samples from the Nansen and Raanes formations the origin and timing of this shift in sedimentation was discussed. Global warming-enhanced upwelling in Panthalassa is here suggested to be the trigger for this transition. This global warming marks the end of the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCalvo Gonzalez, D. (2016). Late Pennsylvanian-Early Permian Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Paleoceanography of the Sverdrup Basin, NW Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26731en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26731
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3093
dc.language.isoeng
dc.language.isospa
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.classificationSverdrupen_US
dc.subject.classificationPaleoceanographyen_US
dc.subject.classificationSequence Stratigraphyen_US
dc.subject.classificationCarbonatesen_US
dc.subject.classificationArcticen_US
dc.titleLate Pennsylvanian-Early Permian Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Paleoceanography of the Sverdrup Basin, NW Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineGeology and Geophysics
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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