Nauyat Formation
The Nauyat Formation is a Neoproterozoic-Mesoproterozoic geologic formation located on northwestern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. It consists of a series of continental flood basalt lava flows of the Mackenzie Large Igneous Province with a thickness of at least 360 m (1,180 ft). These volcanic rocks range in age from 762 to 1,221 million years old.[1]
See also[]
- Volcanology of Canada
- Volcanology of Eastern Canada
- Volcanology of Northern Canada
- Volcanology of Western Canada
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Coordinates: 73°16′N 083°20′W / 73.267°N 83.333°W
Categories:
- Volcanism of Nunavut
- Mesoproterozoic volcanism
- Neoproterozoic volcanism
- Flood basalts
- Hotspot volcanism
- Mackenzie Large Igneous Province
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- Canadian geology stubs