Syndepositional tectonic activity in an epicontinental basin revealed by deformation of subaqueous carbonate laminites and evaporites : Red River strata (Upper Ordovician) of Southern Saskatchewan, Canada

Late Ordovician Red River strata of southeastern Saskatchewan were deposited in a broad epicontinental sea. In the lower part, the Yeoman and Herald formations comprise two cycles of carbonateevaporite sequences. Although these units possess an overall layer-cake aspect, thickness variations especia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: El Taki, Hussam
Other Authors: Robertson, Elizabeth
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2010
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Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-10252010-131133/