Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
Tags: physical sciences, biology, sediment, fossils, paleoenvironment, paleontology, stratigraphy, trilobite
| Principal Investigator: | Pratt, Brian R. (7) |
| Licence Number: | 12396 |
| Organization: | University of Saskatchewan |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1995
1993
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1993 |
| Project Team: | C. Thompson, R. Brown, Montpetit |
Objective(s): To characterize the paleo-environments and fossil communities that existed in the Cambrian sediments of the Arctic Islands; to prepare a trilobite-based biostratigraphic zonation.
Project Description: The Cambrian period is an interval of geologic time that is poorly known in arctic Canada. Previous studies have been very basic and almost no fossils have been recovered. Sections of sedimentary rock will be measured in detail, with attention focused on the structure of the sediments as well as the presence of fossils. A map will then be constructed showing the layers in which fossils occur. This map will represent the first of its kind for the Canadian arctic.
