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    ALBERTA

    Northern Alberta Along N. Saskatchewan River Near Edmonton

    Upper Cretaceous Stratigraphy; The "Belly River" Problem; Coals

    fieldwork by Joseph Tyrrell

  • thumbnail: Map of Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick

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    NEW BRUNSWICK

    Coastline along Shepody Bay, Bay of Fundy

    Seastacks- Coastal Erosion of Early Carboniferous Coarse Alluvial Fan Redbeds; Marine Evaporites & Limestones of Maritimes Basin

    fieldwork by Abraham Gesner

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    NEWFOUNDLAND

    St. Mary's Peninsula (part of Avalon Peninsula)

    Tectonic Assembly of Newfoundland

    fieldwork by James Howley

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    NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

    Great Slave Lake Area

    the Slave Craton, Archean Core of North America; World’s Oldest Rocks; Greenstone Belts; Wopmay Orgogen & Ancient Tectonics

    fieldwork by Paul Hoffman

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    NUNAVUT

    Bylot Island

    Archean high-grade meta-sediments, volcanics and granites intruded by slightly younger monzonite (Bylot Batholith)

    fieldwork by Albert Peter Low

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    NUNAVUT

    Devon Island in the High Arctic

    Meteorite Impact Crater created in the early Miocene; Cambrian to Devonian strata of Arctic Platform

    fieldwork by Ray Thorsteinsson

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    ONTARIO

    Northeastern Ontario within Algonquin Park

    PrecAmbrian plate tectonics and Pleistocene (Laurentide) glaciation

    fieldwork by Alexander Murray

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    ONTARIO

    southern Ontario in vicinity of Niagara Falls

    Headward Erosion; Origin of Niagara Falls, Gorge and River; Wisconsin Glaciation

    fieldwork by William Spencer

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    QUEBEC

    south-central part of Eastern Townships (Estrie)

    Spillitic meta-basalts associated with accretion during the Taconic Orogeny (closure of Iapetus Ocean)

    fieldwork by Sir William Logan

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    QUEBEC

    Saguenay River Area

    Exposed roots of Precambrian mountains; development of Saguenay Graben; Pleistocene glaciation and isostatic rebound

    fieldwork by Msr. Joseph C.K. Laflamme

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    SASKATCHEWAN

    Southwestern Saskatchewan on Southern flank of East block of Cypress Hills

    Remote Sensing; Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) Extinction Event; Dinosaur Finds

    fieldwork by Richard McConnell and Jack Mollard

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    YUKON

    Kalzas Range of Southern Yukon

    Tintina Fault; strike-slip motion; Lower Paleozoic Selwyn Basin; Accreted Terranes (micro-plates)

    fieldwork by George M. Dawson

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  • Ordovician Period
  • Ordovician Environment
    • Paleogeography
    • Oceanography
      • Sea Level
      • Circulation
    • Plate Tectonics
    • Paleoclimate
  • Ordovician Life
    • Marine Organisms
      • Microfossils and Plankton
      • Invertebrates
      • Early Fishes
      • Reefs
    • Terrestrial Organisms
      • Earliest Land Plants
      • Animals
    • Ordovician Radiation
      • Diversification of Life
      • Exploitation of Habitats
      • Causes
    • Extinctions
      • Mass Extinction at end of Ordovician
      • Regional Extinctions within the Ordovician
    • Faunal Provinces
  • Ordovician Geology
    • Significant Geologic Events
    • Economic Significance of Ordovician Deposits
    • Major Subdivisions of Ordovician System
    • Correlation of Ordovician Strata
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