Arctic Bay Formation, Borden Basin, Nunavut (Canada): Basin evolution, black shale, and dissolved metal systematics in the Mesoproterozoic ocean

Precambrian Research

Volumn 208-211, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-18

  Turner, Elizabeth C ^a   Kamber, Balz S ^a,b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Arctic Bay Formation; Black shale; Borden Basin; Geochemistry; Mesoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BLACK SHALE; DOLOMITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; WATER COLUMN;

ARCTIC BAY; BAFFIN ISLAND; BORDEN BASIN; CANADA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 84860338779     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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