Selection of Illustrations
From
Harrison, John Christopher. (1991) "Melville Island's salt-based fold belt (Arctic Canada)." Doctoral Thesis, Rice University. http://hdl.handle.net/1911/16447.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Figures
2. Colour satellite mosaic of Melville Island ...... • . • ...... 4
3. Map of reflection seismic proflles, wells and structural cross-sections, Mel ville Island ...... 12 7. Correlation of sonic, density, lithology and various synthetic logs of the logs of the Panarctic et al. Sabine Bay A-07 well with a nearby portion of reflection seismic line P1192 ...... 29,30
10. Topography and bathymetty of Melville Island-area ...... 44
11. Bouguer gravity anomaly map of the western Arctic Islands-area ...... 48
12. Magnetic anomaly map of the western Arctic Islands-area ...... 50
21. Isopach map of the upper unreflective succession (sP3, sPC) ...... 70
22. Suggested correlation of Precambrian units • • • . • • • • • • • • . . . • ...... 75 25. Generalized stratigraphic cross-section of the Franldinian Succession, northern Victoria Island to northwestern Melville Island ...... 81,82 28. Representative stratigraphy: ?Precambrian to Devonian shelf rim stratigraphy and cover, west central Melville Island ...... 89
29. Representative lithostratigraphy: ?Precambrian to Devonian intra -shelf basin,·embayment and cover, central Melville Island ...... 91
30. Representative lithostratigraphy: ?Precambrian to Devonian of the Towson Point Carbonate Build-up and cover, northeastern Melville Island . . . 93 33. Suggested correlation of ?Cambrian and Lower Ordovician seismic units . . . 107
34. Correlation chart, Lower Ordovician through Upper Silurian strata . . • . . . . . 113 41. Correlation chart, Devonian strata of Melville Island ...... 132
59. Bar graphs of sedimentation rate plotted against time (540-355 Ma) . . • . • . . 188
60. Isopach map of ?Lower Cambrian and ?Middle Cambrian units ...... 190
64. Isopach map of ?Middle and ?Upper Cambrian, and ?Lower Ordovician units 197 67. Paleogeography of late Arenig-early Llanvirn; isopachs of the halite facies . . 203
68. Isopach map of the Cornwallis Group and age equivalent strata ...... 205
69. Isopach map of the Cape Phillips Fonnation and age equivalent strata . . . . . 207 77. Deltaic lobes of the Hecla Bay Sequence, and of the shelf-slope break above the Cape De Bmy Fonnation ...... 225
79. Isopach map of the Hecla Bay Sequence • ...... 229
80. Palinspastic cross-sections of the Hecla Bay Sequence ...... 230 81. Devonian paleogeographic maps and schematic cross-sections, Arctic Islands 233
82. Isopach map of the Beverley Inlet Sequence • • • • • . • • • ...... 235 84. Isopach map of the lower Parry Islands Sequence ...... 238 88. Correlation chart, Carboniferous through Holocene strata ...... 250
99. Bar graphs of sedimentation rate plotted against time (322-57 Ma) • ...... 286
100. Fold trends of the Franklinian Mobile Belt, western Arctic Islands ...... 293 134. Subsurface tectonic elements on the Thumb Mountain Formation ...... 393 142. Beverley Inlet Anticline, on a portion of seismic proflle P1660 ...... 407 168. Structure contour map on the Eleanor River Formation ...... 467
169. Sub- Carboniferous geology of Sabine Peninsula ...... 468 172. Stereonet plots of kinematic indicators collected at numerous sites in the Canrobert Hills ...... 475 179. Stereonet plots of kinematic data from Kitson River Inlier ...... 491 182. Weatherall Depression on a portion of seismic proflle P1921 ...... 500 195. Paleogeographic map of Melville Island area for mid-Permian time ...... 527 200. Map of Mesozoic gabbro dykes, extension faults and related magnetic anomaliM1 203. Eurekan fold trends (D8) and recent earthquake epicentres (D9) plotted on the Bouguer anomaly for land areas and on the isostatic anomaly for marine areas 553
208. Kinematic model for the Eurekan Orogen in the Canadian Arctic Islands . . 566
210. Commodity occurrences map of Melville Island ...... 586 4 12
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ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE High amplitude Mudrock clinoforms; slope 1 (kg.m·'s- ) Unconformity (defined, approximate) ...... • . . incised valley fill {IVF) Siliciclastic sediment gravity flows
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SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM Coal Type section ...... (REVERSE POLARITY) Downlap (D) 8 Bentonite * G Glauconitic Fossil locality; kinematic indicators ®® Onlap {0) R Redbeds
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Island. Shale Shale Shale Shale BAY BAY Mbr Mbr I I unit unit unit unit unit unit Siltstone Siltstone I I Mbr Mbr Mbr Mbr n n Mbr Mbr Mbr Mbr I I covered covered HILLS HILLS c c Chert Chert (lower (lower (lower (lower ._-- (lower (lower (upper (upper 1--- (upper (upper Chert Chert Lower Lower Lower Lower Upper Upper I I /I /I 0 0 Cll Cll c c 1 1 1 1 1 1 0·-- Cii Cii IBBETT IBBETT 0 0 ~ ~ 0 0 .J:l .J:l Brown Brown CANROBERT CANROBERT G G CANROBERT CANROBERT c c G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G g g G G G G G G ~ ~ I I 1 1 IG IG I I significant significant 1 1 . . ) Melville Melville -.G -.G f± f± . . of of )_ )_ All All (1971 (1971 1990) 1990) ''_ ''_ ZONES ZONES Hitch. Hitch. . . (1981) (1971 (1971 " a a us us Clark Clark l l strata strata ex ex al. al. "'"""' "'"""' a sp and and . "'"' ordovicicus ordovicicus fauna. fauna. et et inc! inc! et et patula patula cri sag1tta sag1tta crassa crassa and and eel/om eel/om fatiafata fatiafata con11n con11n siluric siluric 0 0 A A n n ploeckensis ploeckensis wlan wlan -G o kentuckyensis kentuckyensis o ers ers N p Sweet Sweet c11110rpi10\Jflathoicfes c11110rpi10\Jflathoicfes Barnes Barnes eo"•'"""'""'"'' eo"•'"""'""'"'' Silurian Silurian hingt macro macro E E 0 0 2 2 8 8 t c c 4 4 6 6 8 8 ---- 12 12 11 11 ,J ,J CONODONT CONODONT E t------ 1-- t------ 1-- I I 1-- t------ r- .__ .__ r-- l-- H H ~ ~ 1 1 I I I I _ _ -t- -:--I -:--I Upper Upper shelly shelly s s i tcnuis tcnuis pers pers munch1 munch1 ; ; ultimus- Jnsectus Jnsectus bicornis bicornis finearis finearis 1990) 1990) - (1987) (1987) M= M= - .. .. aff. aff. rigidus rigidus - :.!:!_ndgreni :.!:!_ndgreni victoriae victoriae victoriae victoriae --- mmor mmor aureus aureus (1986 tunatus tunatus atavus atavus cyplws cyplws 0111.1(1/S 0111.1(1/S cnspus cnspus antiquus antiquus decoratus decoratus bouceki bouceki clingani clingani p•cmm p•cmm through through ludensis ludensis fruticosus fruticosus lis lis acmaces acmaces uniformis uniformis ZONES ZONES i millepeda millepeda . aff aff progenitor progenitor I. I. turriculatus turriculatus protobifidus protobifidus riccartonensis riccartonensis /_ /_ convolutus convolutus pe.,culplu' pe.,culplu' tentacufatus tentacufatus •cumin""' •cumin""' fritschi fritschi sakmaricus sakmaricus chelmien'i' chelmien'i' teretiusculus teretiusculus oncograptus oncograptus approximatus approximatus _ _ transgrediens transgrediens comm comm griestionens bohemicus bohemicus Mclchin Mclchin GRAPTOLITE GRAPTOLITE . . testis testis maximodiver@!!_S maximodiver@!!_S M M Lenz Lenz aft f;;-;;;osus f;;-;;;osus quadrimucronatus quadrimucronatus grac perneri perneri M centnfigus- - ----- ----- ----- f---- f- f- J------t---t J------t---t f---- 1- I- 1 1 1------t 1------t J- 1- I I r--:-:------.------l r--:-:------.------l ..___j ..___j collection; collection; f- a: a: a.. a.. 90 90 4'-J!i 4'-J!i 485 485 4 480 480 475 475 470 470 44!i 44!i 465 465 460 460 450 450 440 440 455 455 435 435 430 430 410 410 425 425 415 415 420 420 I I Ordovician Ordovician AGE AGE 1 1 6 6 1 1 0 0 . 4 4 . . . .7 .7 ~~ ~~ 439 439 424 424 476 468 4639 4639 493 443 410 430 430 4085 4085 :5~~~ :5~~~ ~ ~ a:.....: a:.....: I I graptolite graptolite Lower Lower (rna) (rna) a;Ia> a;Ia> ~ ~ 470 470 455 455 490 490 424 424 438 438 410 410 445 445 428 428 ~~ ~~ G= G= 0.....: 0.....: chart, chart, -- RADIOMETRIC RADIOMETRIC 478 478 488 488 468 468 458 458 421 421 438 438 448 448 428 428 408 408 414 414 <(~ <(~ ~~ ~~ ffi-IW ffi-IW a..-oca<(caf-w a..-oca<(caf-w 1- w w a: a: z z " " ~ ~ ~ ~ ...J ...J z z w w z z z z 0 0 a: a: ~ ~ .J .J .J .J > > .J .J 0 0 0 0 en en a: a: 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ca. Ca. 1-~ 1-~ ~~ ~~ o; o; - :!: o- <( <( - 0.. 0.. 0 0 ~ ~ ~ ~ 1---1 1---1 w w == == ~ ~ z z 0 0 .J .J .J .J ~ ~ == == 0 0 w w 0 0 z z ...J ...J 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ::J ::J a: a: :J :J .J .J > > 0.. 0.. > > 0 0 [[ [[ collection; collection; <{~ <{~ ~ ~ f- w- ...... _I ...... _I ww ww ~w ~w a: a: (f) (f) (J)u (J)u (f) (f) ~ ~ z z :;;:: :;;:: w w 0 0 0 0 1- z z z z ~ ~ w w 0 0 z z z z w w ::c ::c a: a: z z w w 1- 0 0 1- IZ IZ ~~ ~~ .Jxz .Jxz ao ao CD[[ CD[[ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Oct Oct .__ .__ .__ .__ 1----+-~ 1----+-~ Correlation Correlation 4. 4. ~ ~ ~ ~ z z - ~ ~ z z z z ~ ~ ~ ~ 1- 0.. 0.. :3 :3 () () :l: :l: u u 1--1--- w w 0.. 0.. 0.. 0.. ~ ~ a: a: :::J :::J z z a: a: ...J ...J :::J :::J en en ~ ~ z z a: a: ...J ...J :::J :::J w w ;: ;: en en a: a: 9 9 34. 34. cOcO cOcO >-W >-W wo wo f- ::J::J ::J::J (J)Cf2_ (J)Cf2_ (J)Cl.. (J)Cl.. ::::!0 ::::!0 (/)0: (/)0: ~ ~ z z ~ ~ a: a: c c w w 0 0 u u ...J ...J ~ ~ c c c c a: a: a: a: ~~ ~~ w w ~~~ ~~~ 0 0 1:1. 1:1. c c ij ij t------ 1-- DEVONIAN DEVONIAN conodont conodont <( <( z z 0 0 a: a: > > 0 0 u u <( <( z z a: a: ..J ..J ::J ::J 0 0 c;; c;; >-W >-W wo wo f- (J)e::_ (J)e::_ (J)C: (J)C: ::::!0 ::::!0 Appendix Appendix Figure Figure C= C= 1 1 F F ~ ~ F F F F F F - w w F F c c F F 0 0 a: a: _J _J ii: ii: m m c c w w :::1 :::1 u.. u.. ~ ~ > > ~ ~ "' "' ~ ~ ~ ~ z z :g :g rf rf FM FM p p p p p p FM FM INLET INLET 1 1 3 3 2 2 BRAY BRAY ______ BAY BAY Point Point FM FM l~- DE DE Fortune Fortune ~u~r ~u~r covered covered BAY BAY Mbr Mbr Mbr Mbr INLET INLET r r Member Member Member Member Member Member BEVERLEY BEVERLEY HECLA HECLA :;~s~ttHV~ :;~s~ttHV~ CAPE CAPE BurneH BurneH WEATHERALL WEATHERALL Cape Cape BEVERLEY BEVERLEY WEATHERALL WEATHERALL c c p p c c c c p p p p ~ ~ ...- c c g g p p ~ ~ p p ~-, ~-, P P CM CM p p M M ~.~~ ~.~~ ~~i~ ~~i~ ~;~~ ~;~~ P p p pp pp p p :::e :::e u.. u.. 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Q. u u "' "' FM FM FM FM BRAY BRAY INLET INLET 4 4 3 3 BAY BAY DE DE part) part) FM FM unit unit unit unit INLET INLET ISLAND ISLAND CAPE CAPE CENTRAL CENTRAL MELVILLE MELVILLE (upper (upper HECLA HECLA McCORMICK McCORMICK WEATHERALL WEATHERALL BEVERLEY BEVERLEY GM GM M M c c C C M M j j \ \ FM FM FM FM j j FM FM FM FM FM FM INLET INLET mbr) mbr) mbr) mbr) RIVER RIVER RANGE RANGE BRAY BRAY BAY BAY FM FM DE DE (upper (upper (lower (lower KITSON KITSON \\~ \\~ KITSON KITSON iond,nsed iond,nsed );~7!f/ );~7!f/ HECLA HECLA BEVERLEY BEVERLEY WEATHERALL WEATHERALL j j KITSON KITSON CAPE CAPE c c c c c c c c c c ~~·~\ ~~·~\ c c c c ~~~~~\~ ~~~~~\~ c c c c c c c c c c c c ~ ~ I I RAGLAN RAGLAN ----- p p p p p p c c M M of of MP MP FM FM FM FM FM FM BAYP BAYP FM FM Mbr Mbr INLET INLET BAY BAY FM FM part) part) BAY BAY BRAY BRAY FM FM ' ' HECLA HECLA Shale Shale DE DE HILLS HILLS 'upper 'upper ""' ""' BLACKLEY BLACKLEY IBBETI IBBETI IBBETT IBBETT CANROBERT CANROBERT WEATHERALL WEATHERALL BEVERLEY BEVERLEY Upper Upper CAPE CAPE G G G G G G c c p p p p P? P? p p p p W W ~~~ ~~~ 1'-'----c 1'-'----c ~·~ ~·~ - -~ -~ -M -M - , , -- - -- _ _ - nalis nalis acuaria acuaria i . . N (1969), (1969), (1966) .._-- r- (1985) (1985) zoned zoned s s rugulosa rugulosa i and and pelagica pelagica phorhynchus phorhynchus . . ave/lana ave/lana adoceta adoceta A~lla-;;i A~lla-;;i a . . i'!!E.en!!!_s i'!!E.en!!!_s castanea castanea . . lowtherensis lowtherensis ngocephalus ngocephalus not not W i ZONES ZONES sieberelta- G . . S supramarg pseudolivonica pseudolivonica . Norr . . C str -- ----- dysmorphostrota dysmorphostrota --- -- _ _ - N ====== gastrodetoech1a gastrodetoech1a Crickmay Crickmay Sartenaer Sartenaer ----- ----- S basilicorhynchus basilicorhynchus johnsoni johnsoni BRACHIOPOD BRACHIOPOD eopar . . D DACRYOCONARID DACRYOCONARID ~ ~ 1------1-- 1------ 1------ 1------ 1------ 1------ 1------ - -·- , , and and era era costatus costatus and and sulcata sulcata cristatus cristatus if if (1984) (1984) (1980) ·---- . . · - I - deha deha gigas gigas kindlei kindlei varcus varcus pesavis pesavis sulcatus sulcatus inversus inversus patulus patulus australis australis crepida crepida costatus costatus triangularis triangularis hesperius hesperius serotinus serotinus ensensis ensensis gronbergi gronbergi dehiscens dehiscens ZONES ZONES rnangularis rnangularis eurekaensis eurekaensis kockelianus kockelianus margin margin asymmetricus asymmetricus rhomboidea rhomboidea . Klapper Klapper A. A. Sandberg Sandberg P Dresson Dresson Johnson Johnson CONODONT CONODONT hermanni velifer velifer costatus costatus styriacus styriacus - cus cus s s i , , i s s i and and (1986) (1986) langii langii figure figure gracilis gracilis - cornuta cornuta Berry(1983 Berry(1983 - (1979) - zoned zoned zoned zoned uniform this this hercynicus hercynicus thomas1 thomas1 yukonens falcarius falcarius not not and and . . not not . . hardson hardson ZONES ZONES ZONES ZONES M. M. praehercynicus praehercynicus valatus on on c M . . M ovalis-bulliferus ovalis-bulliferus Jaeger Jaeger torquata Ri flexuosa GRAPTOLITE GRAPTOLITE McGregor McGregor M optivus-triangulatus optivus-triangulatus lemurata-magnif devonicus-naumovae devonicus-naumovae PALYNOMORPH PALYNOMORPH pusullites-lepidophyta pusullites-lepidophyta ----- ~---- 1----- Murphy Murphy a: a: t- 410 410 405 405 400 400 395 395 390 390 385 385 380 380 370 370 375 375 365 365 355 355 360 360 IO IO wa: wa: AGE AGE 5 5 3 3 4 4 . 8 8 . 0 0 . 5 5 . . . a> a> ~ ~ 408 396 390 386.0 386.0 377.4 377.4 380 367 362 c~ c~ (Ma) (Ma) a;Ia; a;Ia; 410 410 390 390 375 375 355 355 ~~ ~~ _a>~ _a>~ w~ w~ 394 394 408 408 401 401 390 390 380 380 374 374 RADIOMETRIC RADIOMETRIC 360 360 367 367 w~ w~ a: a: ;;i,..-O....:a:....:t-fu ;;i,..-O....:a:....:t-fu ~ ~ a..-UtU<(tU a..-UtU<(tU ~ ~ ~ ~ :1.:: :1.:: z z 0 0 ...... z z g g s; s; z z w w Cll Cll ~ ~ < < ~ ~ ~ ~ w w z z ::J ::J w w "' "' u.. u.. a a z z "' "' ~ ~ a a > > z z u.. u.. ~ ~ "' "' (I) (I) z z z z ~ ~ ~ ~ "' "' w w z z z z wi:il wi:il ~g ~g CI)J: CI)J: ...... 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FOiftJne Mbr 164 PARAY ISLANDS ,., 110 PARRY I BumeltPolntMtx B9 ______J 370 Burnett Point Mtx 58167 _ _ ___ FRASNIAN 3701------.-EVE-RL-Y-IN_L_ET-,-..------,~167 370 _ ___ BEVERLEY INLET FM 1152 BEVERLEY INI.ET FM GIVETIAN ~:::::::::::::::==:EHE~U~~~r}FMM::::::::::::~==~~5ro H YFM 361 HECLA BAYFM 1164 380 WEATHERALL FM CAPE DE BRAYFM I 250 380 EIFEUAN ~======~~E~::::==~~~~~~r,jifj="'==== 380 FM WEA THERAL.l FM , CAPE ~ -1roo ~======r_=6~WEATHERALL_~o====~.~~====~======~====~818 CAPE DE BRAY FM 375 960 E RAY FM 250 -- ...... "" 3 290 ,-- BLUE FIORDFM J=====~~12 m-1 !_ __ 390 161 390 ~4~-- PRAGIAN 6 -· 1 1 : f-h:i--;r :-.0:------' .0KIITSON FM 7 \~· 400 400 LOCiiKOVIAN 5.3 E: INTRA-ISHELF BASIN AND EMBAYMENT: h===:=:J 1.8 un/13 63 SOUTHEASTERN PORTION PRIDOU 410 °· 410 410 (southeast MelviUe Island } BARLOW INLET FM l 39 CAPE PHILLIPS FM LUDLOW ~======~~w=====~==:=:J81 CAPE PHIWPS FM 9.37 420 CAPE STORM FM [ 420 34 420 (undMd«<) 1---,...-..,=3 ='---T-18--8----' - WENLOCK r-- ~:::l1o 'g 430 430 1/ 430 UANDOVERY member2 110.6 ALLEN ~y FM 7~0 "'- - unl12 II 064 440 440 ASHGILL 440 IRENE ~y FM 13Sl 49 t.mlrf-- ~1120- Ma Ma - Ma -· ~~------450 CARADOC THUMB MOUNTAIN FM 24 450 450 THUMB MOUNTAJN FM THUMB MOUNTAIN FM 17 OoiOSIOM Mbr 32 460 1----- 460 460 460 I...LANDEILO 1----- :f65 Upper BAY FIORD FM 44 Upper BAY FIORD FM 18 2.3 c,., BAY FIORD FM 36 470 L UAHVIRN 1 470 470 470 ]10.2 Low.r BAY FlORO FM 140 LCMW SAY FIORD FM 170 480 480 ARENIG 490 CANROBERT FM 31 2B ELEANOR RI\'ER FM ELEANOR Rf\'ER FM 46 (UPPMUnit sO) {Upp« Unit S OJ 490 490 490 490 SEISMIC UNIT S 0 25 ~------~ mEMADOC Loww 500 500 SEISMIC SEISMIC'""'"' UNIT sO 500 UNIT S 0 }25 500 -- ?UPPER 510 510 SEISMIC UNIT s£0 510 510 CAMBRIAN J-135 SEISMIC UNIT sCO NO DATA -ss SEISMIC UNIT s£ 0 34 5ro 520 5ro ?MIDOL£ SEISMIC UNIT S( 4 I"- 520 520 CAMBRIAN f------~S~8~SM~~~UN~1T~s{7s------~3~25~ ABSENT 1 - SEISMIC UNIT s<: :J 342 ABSENT? ?LOWER 530 530 SEISMICUNrr ${% SEISMICUNIT S(.1C 530 SEISMIC UNIT sC• 530 CAMBRIAN 133J SEISMICUNIT s-£1c SEISMICUNIT S-£2 1 1400 SE!SMIC UNIT U:: 1C ~67 ~======~~=;~~====~==~~====~570 600 1£U SEISMIC UNIT 5(.18 j 121 SEISMIC UNIT s£ 18 131 54o+----,----,----r---,----,----.---,----,----r----r---, SEISMIC UNIT 5(18 73 ~~==r==~==~==~~===r==~~------.--. ~ 0 1.2 .6 2.5 5.0 10 20 40 80 160 320 640 1280 0.6 1.2 2.5 5.0 10 20 40 80 160 320 640 121!0 0.6 1.2 2.5 5.0 10 20 40 80 160 3ro 640 1200 0.6 1.2 2.5 5.0 10 40 80 160 320 640 m·Ma·' m·Ma'' SEDIMENTATION RATE SEDIMENTATION RATE SEDIMENTATION RATE SEDIMENTATION RATE Figure 59. Bar graphs of sedimentation rate (logarithmic scale) plotted against time (540-355 Ma). 190 1180 n"-·---~ 75"- Apparent depositional Hrnit of seismic unit $!3 197 104° 0 ' -77 STRAI T DESBARATS /-~ ) I l ) I I I i I I I/.. c S I VIL LE ~KILOMETRE MEL SOUND _j o , o}:.~ 203 TS S TRAIT DESBARA 37., @Q/ · 00~ ooo 000 ! ooo ooo ooo I o~o 000 c oo 0 ooo i 0 o o ooo ooo ~E TRES VISe OUNr s Fig ure67.~ 205 ooo Il 000 ooo ooo 000 ooo o I ooo 000 0 ooo ooo ooo o~ I MELVILLE \ \ _J,o"104 74C: - 8 68. ,,· oFigure 207 1180 7 70_' ---- 75o_ 225 I !;r I ...... _ ,-' ."" / llN ? MAI'I J () , ) l:ii..:;.t ~ '-....,_ ---...... angle) of (v•ctor and Attitude : transport seismic clinoforms determin~ from dir~ion Profiles and seismic . . I intersecting solution ...... Problem ...... thrH Point I (from direction transport I Relative , pattern on/ap or down/ap n~ismic profile) .t MELVILLE SOUND I on a single - 7..4 " _j104. .... 1 fee 229 !( k r c~:= -75 ~ 7 50. -\ .~ I \ \ \\ \ \ \ ~ KILO VISCOUNT MELVILLE soUND METRES \ 230 SOUTH NORTH SECTION F BEND SECTION I KITSON RIVER M'CLURE CANROBERT HILLS STRAIT • I INLIER .·.··.-:::· ----~--- ·~·· .· ~. MINIMUM THICKNESS ERODED PRIOR TO LATE CARBONIFEROUS 2 Vertical E Exaggeration "' 12.5x 0 .______SOUTHWEST NORTHEAST 0 km 25 u. !D z z z z 0 0" 0 0 t5 t5 t5 EAST ARM t5 LU LU LU OF LU SECTION F U) U) SECTION 0 U> WEATHERALL U> • • • • • BAY • • ·..:. .. ··=-··· earliest Eifefian 2 Vertical Exaggeration 12.5x 0 0 25 Figure 80. Palinspastic cross-sections of the Hecla Bay Sequence: a) Weatherall Bay to western Dundas Peninsula; b) western Dundas Peninsula to Canrobert Hills. Lines of section are located on figures 77 and 79. Vertical exaggeration: Xl2.5. t.,) w w NORTH BELT NORTH EXPOSED THRUST ' EXPOSED I NORTH SIAN EM BELT ClASTIC EXPOSED THRUST FRONT ORDOVICIAN EDGE LATE - THRUST DEFORMATION PRE SHELF ...... ' ~ ___./ ' 100 lOOX 100 . ~ 100 Exaggeration BASIN SHELF Km DIRECTION 0 Km. 0 SHELF SHELF WATER EMBAYMENT SHELF SOUTHERN Km. . SOUTHERN Km SOUTH and CARBONATE DEEP DROWNED TRANSPORT SOUTH SOUTH SOUTHERN .. T ! k~l tiJ CLASTIC FILL OROGEN FORELAND WEDGE BASIN ~ E3J ~~10] EIFELIAN 300 GIVETIAN apo IAN OCEAN EMS EARLY KILOMETRES LATEST 81. KILOMETRES 0 o ARCTIC ~ Figure 235 STRAIT DESBARATS c MELVILLE SOUND ~KILOMETRES 82. 238 I) I( i> 0 6 <(Q CAPE GRASSYI ISOUTHWESTI SOUTHEAST "'w a: a: EPOCH or STAGE KITSON RIV R SPROULE PENINSULA MELVILLE MELVILLE ww SOUTH E ISLAND ISLAND ~ a. t- PUOCENEJPLEISTOCENE/ HOLOCENE MIOCENE I OUGOCENE EOCENE sol PALEOCENE p lower p MAESTRICHTIAN 75J I D CAMPANIAN A TURONIAN/--- CONIACIAN/SANTONIAN KANGUKFM CENOMANIAN 1001 I HASSELFM ·II ALBIAN ~ LIJa: u INVINCIBLE POINT MBR APTIAN WALKERISLAND MBR 1251 I BARREMIAN HAUTERIVIAN VALANGINIAN BERRIASIAN VOLGIAN OXFORDIAN, KIMMERIDGIAN CALLOVIAN 0 BATHONIAN HICCLES COVE FM BAJOCIAN u,.f 'r) AJI\JCI I I CJ LJN n ~AA A 1751 AALENIAN A A FA ·11 TOARCIAN I PUENSBACHIAN SINEMURIAN 2001I I HETTANGIAN ---RHAETIAN NORIAN u 2251 I SCHEI POINT GP '~I CARNIAN a: ... ANISIAN/LADINIAN GRIESBACHIAN/ NAMMAUAN/ SPATHIAN DZULFIAN/CHANGHSINGIAN 2501 I I WORDIAN 'RoAiiiAN KUNGURIAN ARTINSKIAN ~I I I'M I RAANESFM :::;; a: BELCHER 2751 .~1 SAKMARIAN I ···---·-----·1 CHANNEL IP 1F FM ~I I ASSELIAN 0 N GZHEUAN KASIMOVIAN 3001~1 CANYON FIORD FM Ul F C ::> \\\\\\\ i 0 MOSCOVIAN a: w \ \ \ )F FC ...z 0 BASHKIRIAN Ill a: <( 3251 lu SERPUKHOVIAN-- VISEAN Figure 88. N VI 0 286 50 50 50 _., EVREKA SO KANGU/( NO OAf A NO DATA lcMftf""' 20m of EIJREK.ASOurJO 100 100 100 CHif1STOI'HE1I and HASSEL l CHRISTOPHDI •nd HASSEL I ISACHSEN ISACHS RINGNES 150 I 150 150 ._ RINGHfS HICCLES em£ MCCONNELL ISUNO I MCCON""'NEU ISLAND ~~, ""' ,_ ~-~· ·- HICCLES- C ~ JAM!iSONSA Y Upper JAMESONMY I ~ JAMESON&4""' Y I ,_- I ,_ -I ,_ .JAMESON BAY .JAMESON BAY JAMESON SAY I w.cLEAN STRAIT 200 200 200 ~~~J ~ISUoHO~J GIIOSVE"NOR- ISUND ! SCHEI POINT SCHEI POINT SCHEI POWT (- ) FIORD &iOIINf 1- J .... SJORNf and 8UND I BJORN£ 1nd 8UNO FlORO I 250 (II~) VAN HAlJEN 250 (~ VAN HAUEN EN UPfW VAN HAUEN TROC.D FIORD OEGE118CiLS B """ L~ VANHAUfN L- VANHAUEN I RAANES Mrd GREAT BEAR CAPE BELCHER CHAHHEL NO DATA CNIYONF/OifO 300 300 300 CNIYONF/0110 I 0.6 1.2 2.5 5.0 10 20 40 a> 18) 320 0.6 1.2 2.5 5.0 10 20 40 eo 100 a20 o.s 1.2 2.s s.o 10 20 40 eo 160 320 mfAa·' A SEDIMENTATION RATE B SEDIMENTATION RATE c SEDIMENTATION RATE Figure 99. Bar graphs of maximum sedimentation rate (logarithmic scale) plotted against time (322-57 Ma) for the Sverdrup Basin. A: Sproule Peninsula; B: central Sabine Peninsula; C: northern Sabine Peninsula. 293 LEGEND Evaporites PRii"K:E: Shelf carbonates PATHtCI"~ Basinal mudrock and chert Carboniferous and yo.unger cover Anticline •••••••••••••••••. -+ Syncline .... •.. • •• • · .. · •· · -f- Fault ••••••••••••••••oe••••• Direction of T--.. tectonic transport •••••••• T~ Ordovician o Middle ° 0 /) facies front ...... • •• ·.. o o · ~· R.j_,.,):; t(•"·t.: .....: r,_... 1 ,./.... · ; 11 ~·o ,,~i··~)_.~-~."~ ·" I / .. -- ....J ~ -·· '-·~;.;;;;:r · /' ' -.~,,,.-., i' ', 0 50 100 :':Lir 1 L-L---1-~...... --·- -·-__j / Kilometres ,,J~, .t\r·.:~ .. "~(H .. ; ~ I Figure 100. 393 ,,., ' '-77 __o______,,,, ' !· : '!'' ~------~0 6 '!'' --~~~----~------~~ 6 '!•' ----~------49 't VfSE TS STRAIT '"' H.._MII ( ON DESBARA 77~· ------=~~';·'~~o ------~~~------~~~ 'Sl ANO 0 0 0 0 0 0 f•ult : contraction M•jor .. d•fin«J; approxirnatt fault: contraction Minor . d•finf!!d; •PPTOxim•te .... fault: dtfinNJ Ext•nsion - ....._ . .. . . '---l--- ...... 0000000 ; opproxim•r• 000 Sync/ino: d•fin~ oo o 000 fault ooo Strikt slip ~ 0 0 0 ...... ES ofslip (lcm) MELVILLE KIL OMETR 0 Magni tud• 407 467 I T TS STRA DESBARA ,.l : 0. 1 s): r inteflla/ ron (contou . . . . lsoch ; •ssumM approximate ; filu/t: approximate Contr•ction . . . assumed . ximate; fault: appro Extension assumed I . . 0 Anticline S MELVILLE SOUND ~KILOMETRE Syncline ... ,., -- I' 0 ------104 ------~~060'° ------1 Figure 168. ------468 ~- - -- ( 1l)!l" PARRY ISLANDS FM ( ~ .... __ , ) SABINE BEVERLEY INLET FM PENINSULA HECLA BAYFM WEATHERALL FM Sherard Eldndge CAPE DE BRAY FM Bay Bay BLUE FIORD FM Shelf facies; Slope facies UNIT OSc : ! E~ CAPE PHILLIPS FM THUMB MOUNTAIN FM and IRENE BAY FM ~ Facies Front : ~X Anticline; Syncline Faults: normal (with fault surface); thrust; ih/ sinistral strike slip Contact: approximate; assumed Sab;ne Unclassified fault (with down-thrown side) Bny L- ·------' -6- Well penetration of unconformity L __ _ , Figure 169. 0 A . II, . A •• A 0 "' 0 0 . "'A •o • A •!.t. 0 A A • •II 0 A •II A ·II A •A .. A . . 4, ·4 '4 .. . • .6~6 . • . • .. .• • 0 . . D 0 D .. • • • A B ..-o / -~ - 0~ \ \ 'I\ ~ I --o-..._ o - i ~~ --.;::--00- -o-X ~ '-o 1\ hi " o-..._ - o_o~ " 1,\~ \ '"·~ ~0 ... c D POLE TO BEDDING SLICKENSIDE LINEATION WITH PORTION OF SLIP PLANE: POLE TO CLEAVAGE ...._ o ...._ THRUST (COMPRESSIONAL) SENSE LINEATION • POLE TO SLICKENSIDE\ FAULT PLANE -'-o--'- NORMAL (EXTENSIONAL) SENSE LINEATION "' POLE TO MINERAL VEIN\ DYKE -_._- - o - STRIKE SLIP SENSE LINEATION: SINISTRAL; DEXTRAL POLE TO AXIAL PLANE OF SECOND\T HIRD ORDER FOLD ~...._ ...._..-!!...~ TRANSPRESSIVE SENSE LINEATION: SINISTRAL; DEXTRAL a POLE TO AXIAL PLANE OF HIGHER ORDER FOLD ....____.,....__ -'-.,.!!...-'- TRANSTENSIVE SENSE LINEATION: SINISTRAL; DEXTRAL P · FOLD AXIS SLICKENSIDE LINEATION WITH PORTION OF SLIP PLANE ,.... PRINCIPAL TRANSPORT DIRECTION • SECONDARY TRANSPORT DIRECTION Figure 172. N 0-- / ...... _o _ 0 ...... t _ o_ I /0 • .. \. -o_ '::\ ...... B A N POLE TO BEDDING POLE TO CLEAVAGE • POLE TO SLICKENSIDE\FAULT PLANE A POLE TO MINERAL VEIN\DYKE FOLD POLE TO AXIAL PLANE OF SECOND\THIRD ORDER c POLE TO AXIAL PLANE OF HIGHER ORDER FOLD P· FOLD AXIS SLICKENSIDE LINEATION WITH PORTION OF SLIP PLANE : ·~ SLICKENSIDE LINEATION WITH PORTION OF SLIP PLANE SENSE LINEATION ~ o ~ THRUST (COMPRESSIONAL) LINEATION ; .. -"--o--'- NORMAL (EXTENSIONAL) SENSE : SINISTRAL; DEXTRAL ...... - o - STRIKE SLIP SENSE LINEATION LINEATION: SINISTRAL; DEXTRAL ~..,!!-~ TRANSPRESSIVE SENSE : SINISTRAL; DEXTRAL --'-..,!!---'- TRANSTENSIVE SENSE LINEATION ·~ ... PRINCIPAL TRANSPORT DIRECTION • SECONDARY TRANSPORT DIRECTION • • c Figure 179. 500 Figure 182. 527 I 1_,.. " ""'Preserved limit ('> of younger ' --;;B'Er~_I!Jl&ii<:over ~-·--· ______.... / / I S I I /? f<~-- /___\- / ---~ e~\ -- PuRcHAsc ,./ \ .-.!3 ." ------~----·/ .<""\ i "' ··'' \ / l•_, ... .._ ; :t.: \ / ()_ il ~' .: (.HJ / _... . r;f.: .. f· ~h":> r ··,:N r D f./r-.JOA .~ I Lower VAN HAUEN FM: \ \ mudrock i Well or surface section -~ ::r ·-K-/LL..OJ--:,1£-':-TR::-::£:::-S~ VISCOUNT MEL VILLE SOUND 541 RAGLAN RANGE c ..;, i"~ / • Normal _;,; taull •fti': S \ • _,__ R __ Undestgnered ' t.~ ss '"!\. taull ' ---- downtllrown wllh side indicated ·-,,, ~-- Slr - iU sliP taull \ wllh '"' ...... - sliP sense \ \ ', VISC MEl \ OUNT VILLE souND \ I ------1 -14-,-, ------~____-;-;s Figure -,-,·2-o------~o 200. -----,~;-0-0-.------0 ,Qs t2.f> t2.5 tO .O 7f> :c:.\1 50 2 .5 o.o oo - z.:. - n 2..5 .O _5o •t !'> - 75 tO .O - - \0 0 tZf> - - t:> t2.5 .o - - toO - \7.5 - zo.o - - t7.f' .. zz 2 o.o 5 __ z - 25 2 .5 .0 - - 25.0 -27.5- z7.5 30 .0 -30 -a:!. .0 .b -~z.\l -31>.0 - -31'> .0 - 37 ° . 7 n - 40.0 3 - 40.0 42 .5 - 42 -45 .5 () - - 450 - >\7 .1'> n 5 - 50 0 - BELOW - 50.0 IJNOI!:fiNF.O M.i\lig6\S figure 203. NORTH* .------,POLE Arches CA: Cornwall Arch DA: Devon Arch PillA: Princess Margaret Arch Grabens FISD: Foxe-Baffin structural depression El Eclipse Trough Fault Zones ffZ, Foildon Faull Zona Hffl, Harder Fiord Fault Zone KCJl, Kap Cannon Thrust Zone LHfl, Lake Hazan Fault Zone Faults Iff, Blind Fiord Fault MPf, Mitchell Point Fault PCf, Parry Channel Fault PGT, Parrish Glacier Thrust 111, Rawlings Bay Thrust ST, Stolz Thrust If, T rold Fiord Fault Volcanic Features FCV: Freemans Cove subvolcanic intrusions and vents Note: A continuous strike-slip fauh zone probably extends along Nares Strait but only the faults inferred by Hood et al. (1985) from aeromagnetic data are shown. Kilometres 0 300 SVERDRUP~ LEGEND A~· · ······ - · · ············ · ··· · · ·· ········ · · ···· · · Normal fault (onshora, offshore) ···············-'---'-- .._ ..... Fault (onshore, offshore) ··················-······--__ Reversa fault ··-·- ·························-·-······ ••••• Transcurrent faulf -·····················-··········· Subvolcanic intrusions and vents ...... x Figure 208. Kinematic elements of the Eurekan Orogen in the Canadian Arctic Islands. Diagram modified from Okulitch and Trettin (in press) and Trettin (1990) 586 118' 114' 112' 110' 108' PRINCE PATRICK ISUNo~ ., HECLA rp' 'I ciit Hecla and Griper SCHEDULE OF WEllS (litlfil chronologically by complrion dati') 1 Oomt et al Wlnt.r Hattlour No. 1 M». T.O. 3823.1 m (t»/81) 2 Panarctic OrU• Point Nom"; T.O. 2578 .8 m (04/5) 3 PII'W'Ciie Sandy Point :...e; T.O. 2t0U m 105/ 5) 4 Panarctic Marie S.y 0.02: T.O. 1272.5 m (08/ 68) Panatetic Oralie Point l~; T.O. 3252.5 m 108/88) P~narctic Drake Point l-t7A; T.D. Uti m (03/ 70) Panarctic TCidOtl Polnl F.Q; T.O. 1561.5 m (03/70) Panatetic: HomeaWad Hlc:ll J.60; T.O.lSUS.5 m 105/70) Panaretlc Drake Point K~; T.O. 974.8 m (07{70) Sun KR Panatedc KiUon R. C.7t: T.D. 2755.1 m (11/70) Panarctic Tenneco et II POR Oralia Point f·tS: T.O. 1478.3 m Panan:tic: Tenneco MIll POR DrUce B-44; T.D. 13~.0 m ('»/72) Panarctic: DotM Oundaa C-80; T.O. l!i!W.4 m (10/72) Panarctic Tenneco at al POR Hlda F..Q: T.O. 1219.2 m (11/72) 15 BP et a1 Emeraki K-33: l .O. 3660.8 m (12/ 72) 115 Panarctic Tanneco et II Hecla 1-69: T.D. 1456.5 m (02/73) t7 Parwctic EldriOga S.y E·1t: T.O. 3041.0 m (03{73) Panai'ctic Tenneco at al Ztut F-11; T.O. 949.1 m 10!5/73) Panarctic ~o C-13: T.D. 36e5.2 m (05(73) Panarctic: et a1 Oralia Point o.&; T.D. s-415.1 m (0(1(73) Ooma .Arfetic Vantura Sh~ard 0.54: T.D. 1228.3 m (10/73) eom. Panaretic Tax.x W.a!Mf.. 0-10; T.D. 2285.0 m (12/73) Panatdic: Tann et al CS W. ~ N-52; T.O. !i38.8 m (03f7•l Panarctic POR HomfttiiMt D'Ue f·78; T.O. 135e.4 m (~/74) Pan&rdic: Hmstd PORN. Sabine ~9; T.O. 3811.5 m (05(74) Panatctic et al Ch.cis CrHk 8-&4: T.O. 5036.2 m f06/74) Panwctic Tann et al Collingwood K-33: T.O. ~. 1 m (08/74) Panarctic Dome at al Sh~ard Bay f-14: T.D. 1342.~ m (10/74) NATURAL GAS Panatctic: Gulf et al Eatt Cralte ~55; T.O. 1188.7 m (03/7!1) MINERAL OCCURRENCES Panarctic Tenn 11 al C.. k, 0.73: T.O. 1360.; m (04/75) Localities ® - @ Texax King Point W.ll B-53; T.O. 3128.8 m (1»/75) Localities CD - ® Ps.rwctic •t al Sabine Bey Ml7: T.O. !lt~2.Q m (10/75) Panarctlc et a1 E. Hec!e C-.32: T.D. 1341.1 m {11/75) Carboniferous redbeds D Gaspoo/ Panatctic W. HK1a P·S2: T.O. 1127.8 m , 1/76) [2] Paoarctic TltM CS N.W. Heclll M-25; T.O. 1207.0 m (03/75) m (04/76) Gas well Panarctlc TIIM et Ill W. Hlda COS; T.O. 1237.5 iferous evaporites "* Panarclic AIEG N.E. Drab P-40: T.O. t2P!I.4 m (02/n) carbon Panatctie S.W. Hecla C.!ie: T.O. 121~.2 m !04/77) ~ q. Gas show in well Panarctie AJEG 11 al Cltpollsland C-44: T.O. 266SI. I m (04j77) Ordovician-Devonian Panarctic et II FktlardtOn Point G-12; T.O. 3355.8 m (10/n) shelf carbonates and basin facies strata Panaretic et a1 a.-1y Inlet G-13: T.O. 40t!Q.S m (11(77) 9 BITUMEN DEPOSITS Panarctie at al AIEG Roche Pt. .J-43: T.O. 288U m (01/78) AND OCCURRENCES Panarctk: Drake F-78: T.D. 935.7 m 103/78) COAL SEAMS Panarctic Noreen AIEG et al Glassy 1-34; T.O. 975.4 m (03fi8) m Localities ® - ® Localities ® -® Panarctic II al Drak• Point K·79: T.O. 1725.2 (05/78) KILOMETRES Dome Panarctie at a1 Hesrne F-&5: T.O. 501.11 m (10/78) 0 20 Lower Cretaceous Penaretie Notcen AIEG OtSO..ats 8-73: T. 0 . 330.6 m (02{79) (southeastern Melville Island only} Oil well Ooma Panatctic: N. Ovndu N-32: T.O. 4tOO.O m {Oe/79) ~ Panarc:tic BP AIEG Vlwy A-27; T.D. 8510.!1 m (015/80) 4- Oil show in well Parwctic et al Marryao:t K-71; T.O. 5467 m (10/ 82) Uppsr DfWOnian Panarctic Itt al Sl'larard Bay F-34: T.O. 544~. 3 m (10/83) C2?] (Rea Cove MIJr. o1 Parry Islands Fm) 74" Panarctic 11 al Eut Drake L.QIS; T.O. 131Xl m (02/85) 118° 106' 1 6• 108' Figure 210. 112'