Geological Studies in Somerset Island, University of Ottawa Expedition 1965

Abstract

The 1965 field program, in continuation of a study of the Boothia Uplift, investigated the structure of the Precambrian metamorphic basement, the stratigraphy, sedimentology and paleontology of the Aston and Hunting formations (Proterozoic), the Paleozoic rocks and Cretaceous-Tertiary strata around Aston Bay and Limestone Island, Stanwell-Fletcher Lake, and Creswell Bay, Devon Island. Study of Recent sedimentation, local Pleistocene features and seismic refraction measurements of the Stanwell-Fletcher Lake and area are also noted.