Pavy Formation

Pavy Formation Stratigraphic range: Thanetian
Type	Formation
Lithology
Primary	Siltstone
Other	Coal
Location
Coordinates	81°42′N 64°24′W / 81.7°N 64.4°W / 81.7; -64.4Coordinates: 81°42′N 64°24′W / 81.7°N 64.4°W / 81.7; -64.4
Approximate paleocoordinates	74°18′N 13°18′W / 74.3°N 13.3°W / 74.3; -13.3
Region	Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Country	Canada
Extent
Type section
Named for
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The Pavy Formation is a geologic formation in Nunavut. It preserves fossil insects of ,^[1] dating back to the Thanetian stage of the Paleocene period.

Description[]

The Pavy Formation is interpreted to be fluvial in origin. Trough-crossbedded sandstone facies dominate this formation and were probably channel deposits of a braided river system, with interbeds of siltstone and mudrock representing floodplain deposits. Where thicker intervals of mudrock occur, backswamp ponds or shallow-lake conditions were probably present. Only at Watercourse Valley and Pavy River did conditions stabilize long enough for swamps to develop, producing thick coal beds.

See also[]

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nunavut
  • Margaret Formation

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Heer, O. 1878. Die Miocene Flora des Grinnell-Landes gegründet auf die von Capitan H.E. Feilden und Dr. E. Moss in der Nähe des Kap Murchison gesammelten fossilen Pflanzen. : Die Fossile Flora der Polarländer 5. 1-38.