Geological Society of America

T114 Polar Paleobiology and Paleoenvironmental Proxies

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Meeting Rooms

THE 2020 CANADA DATAPACK FOR TIMESCALE CREATOR: A NEW TOOL FOR MESOZOIC–CENOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE CANADIAN NORTH

Paper number: T114-3
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 10:20 AM – 10:35 AM

Authors

Manuel Bringue Presenting Author
Geological Survey of Canada - Calgary, Calgary, AB
Robert A. Fensome
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS
Jennifer Galloway
Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary, AB
Terry Poulton
Calgary, AB
Martyn Golding
Natural Resources Canada Geological Survey of Canada, Vancouver, BC
Michael J. Orchard
Natural Resources Canada-Geological Survey of Canada, Vancouver, BC

Abstract

The Geo-mapping for Energy and Mineral’s (GEM) program (2010 to 2020) provided a unique opportunity to advance the current level of understanding of the geological history of the Canadian North. In this contribution, a compilation of Mesozoic–Cenozoic stratigraphic data from across the GEM program regions and beyond is presented, with a focus on biostratigraphic events, using TimeScale Creator®, a JAVA package that facilitates the compilation and comparison of large amounts of stratigraphic data while keeping track of changing absolute ages. The ‘2020 Canada datapack’, which incorporates some information re-evaluated and refined from an earlier datapack, includes schemes using dinoflagellate cysts, spores and pollen, foraminifers and conodonts, and a new synthesis of Canadian Arctic Jurassic ammonite and Buchia bivalve biostratigraphy. This datapack will continue to be augmented after completion of the GEM program and will become a major tool in supporting an understanding of Canada’s sedimentary basins, their resource potential, and management.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 52, No. 6

doi: 10.1130/abs/2020AM-353274

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