Unit Name: Vendom Fiord Formation
Unit Type: Lithostratigraphic
Rank: Formation
Status: Formal
Usage: Currently in use
Age Interval: Early Devonian (416 - 397.5 ma)
Province/Territory: Nunavut
Originator: Kerr, 1967c.
Type Locality:
West of Irene Bay, central Ellesmere Island.
Distribution:
Reported thicknesses range from about 260 to 550 m; limited to west-central Ellesmere Island.
Locality Data:
Thickness(m): Minimum 260, Maximum 550.
Lithology:
Basal carbonate conglomerate of pebble to cobble grade locally is succeeded by quartzose and arkosic sandstone and siltstone, commonly with red beds. The bulk of the formation consists mainly of sandy and silty dolostone and dolomitic sandstone and siltstone with local occurrences of laminated gypsum-anhydrite and limestone.
Relationship:
Overlies undifferentiated Allen Bay-Read Bay Formations, Eids Formation, or Red Canyon River Formation with disconformity or angular unconformity, but contact with Eids Formation is conformable east of Vendom Fiord (Trettin, 1978); overlain by Blue Fiord Formation with conformable contact.
Other Citations:
Kerr, 1967c, 1976; McGregor, 1974; Trettin, 1978.
References:
Kerr, J. Wm., 1967c. Vendom Fiord Formation - a new red-bed unit of probable early Middle Devonian (Eifelian) age, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada: Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 67-43, 8 p.
Trettin, H.P., 1978. Devonian stratigraphy west-central Ellesmere Island, Arctic Archipelago: Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 302, 119 p.
Source: CSPG Lexicon of Canadian Stratigraphy, Volume 1, Arctic Archigelage (District of Franklin); R.L. Christie, A.F. Embry, G.A. Van Dyck (editor)
Contributor: H.P. Trettin
Entry Reviewed: Yes
Name Set: Lithostratigraphic Lexicon
LastChange: 16 Feb 2009