dc.contributor.author | Kennedy, Kirsten | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-06T14:00:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-09-06T14:00:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-09-06 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/14166 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Campbellton Formation, ~1 km thick, has long been recognized for early plants, arthropods, and fishes. The sedimentology of two basins is described with six facies associations to provide a framework for the fossil assemblages. The western basin contains aquatic fauna and coastal flora within a basal rhyolite breccia and coastal deltaic strata, and a braided river facies association is also present. Lower eastern basin strata primarily comprise lacustrine facies, where a thick marginal association deposited by sediment-laden underflows contains a lake-side plant assemblage. Other lacustrine associations include a fine-grained association in areas with restricted circulation, and a near-shore association. Upwards, a plant-rich fluvial landscape had wide sandstone and conglomerate channels and high-diversity wetlands containing terrestrial arthropods. A proximal alluvial facies association with hyperconcentrated flows contains plants and Prototaxites, possibly from adjoining uplands. All plants groups were well-established throughout the formation, with no apparent landscape partitioning between groups. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Sedimentology | en_US |
dc.subject | Campbellton Formation | en_US |
dc.subject | Paleobotany | en_US |
dc.subject | Early Devonian | en_US |
dc.title | The Campbellton Formation, New Brunswick, Canada: A Sedimentological and Paleoenvironmental Description of an Early Devonian (Emsian) Vegetated Landscape | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2011-08-17 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Earth Sciences | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Dr. David Keighley | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Dr. Nicholas Culshaw | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. David Keighley | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Martin Gibling | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. David Piper | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. John Calder | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Rebecca Jamieson | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Martin Gibling | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Yes | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | No | en_US |