Reexamination of selected invertebrate ichnogenera of the Upper Ordovician Georgian Bay Formation of Southern Ontario

dc.contributor.advisorPickerill, Ronald
dc.contributor.authorStanley, D. Christopher A.
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-07T22:45:41Z
dc.date.available2023-06-07T22:45:41Z
dc.date.issued1991
dc.description.abstractThe Upper Ordovician Georgian Bay Formation of Southern Ontario consists of a sequence of alternating grey shale and grey carbonate layers. It is overlain by the red shales of the Queenston Formation and underlain by the grey shales of the Blue Mountain Formation. The environment of deposition of the Georgian Bay Formation is believed to be a shallow shelf setting periodically subjected to high energy storm conditions. A reexamination of several ichnogenera represented by specimens m the collections of the Royal Ontario Museum's Department of Invertebrate Palaeontology has led to updated interpretations of the material. In addition, other ichnogenera represented by specimens collected by the author have been studied. Ichnospecies found to be present were Chondrites isp., cf. Diplocraterion bic/avatum (Miller, 1875), D. helmerseni (Öpik, 1929), Lingulichnus verticalis Hakes, 1976, Lockeia siliquaria James, 1879, Palaeophycus tubularis Hall, 1847, Phycodes flabellus (Miller and Dyer, 1878), Rusophycus pudicus Hall, 1852, Skolithos magnus Howell, 1944, S. verticalis (Hall, 1843), Trichophycus lanosus Miller and Dyer, 1878, and T. venosus Miller, 1879. The traces found in the Georgian Bay Formation are assignable to the Cruziana ichnofacies.
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dc.description.noteUniversity of New Brunswick. Department of Geology.
dc.format.extentvii, 65 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/37130
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
dc.subject.disciplineEarth Sciences
dc.titleReexamination of selected invertebrate ichnogenera of the Upper Ordovician Georgian Bay Formation of Southern Ontario
dc.typesenior report
thesis.degree.disciplineEarth Sciences
thesis.degree.fullnameBachelor of Science
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelundergraduate
thesis.degree.nameB.Sc.

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