UID:
almafu_9960116824702883
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9780813795515 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Special paper ; 551
Content:
The Beaufort Formation records extraordinary details of Arctic environments and amplified temperatures at approximately modern levels of atmospheric CO2. It was deposited during the Neogene on the western side of what is now the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Meighen Island is a key locality for studying this formation because marine sediments there are interbedded with terrestrial fossiliferous sands. The biostratigraphic succession, fossils from the marine beds, and paleomagnetic data from the Bjaere Bay region of the island suggest two potential ages for the studied exposures: either continuous deposition at ca. 3.0 Ma, or a sequence of deposits at ca. 4.5 Ma and 3.4 Ma. The sediments appear to encompass at least two eustatic highstands of sea level and a particularly warm climate interval of the Pliocene Arctic.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2021.
,
"Contains open access"--Home page.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780813725512
Language:
English
