Biostratigraphy of a Tertiary Vertebrate Locality on Strathcona Fiord.

Régions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut

étiquettes: physical sciences, fossils, paleoenvironment, paleontology, boreal forests

chercheur principal: Harington, C.R. (4)
Nᵒ de permis: 12156
Organisation: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa
Année(s) de permis: 1994 1993 1992
Délivré: janv. 01, 1992
Équipe de projet: Self

Objectif(s): To collect vertebrate fossils and associated specimens (e.g. beaver-cut sticks) from a Pliocene (?) beaver pond site.

Description du projet: The researcher will collect vertebrate fossils and associated paleoenvironmental evidence from the site in order to contribute further to our knowledge of: (1) a unique "boreal forest" environment that existed in Pliocene (?) time; and (2) the geological age of the deposit.