A glass ramp: Shallow-water Permian spiculitic chert sedimentation, Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Canada

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 125-147

  Gates, Laura M ^a   James, Noel P ^a   Beauchamp, Benoit ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Institute of Sedimentary & Petroleum Geology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosiliceous ramp; Hummocky cross stratification; Permian; Shallow water; Spiculitic chert

Indexed keywords

CHERT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTATION; UPWELLING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; SVERDRUP BASIN;

EID: 2942592130     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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