Geological structure in the Arctic Archipelago of Nunavut, Canada
The Lancaster Aulacogen is a geological structure underlying Lancaster Sound and Prince Regent Inlet in the Arctic Archipelago of Nunavut, Canada.[1] It formed as a result of extensional tectonics during the Eurekan Rifting Episode, which took place in the Canadian Arctic Rift System from the Cretaceous to the Tertiary.[2]
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^E. M. Nairn, Alan; Churkin, Jr., Michael; G. Stehli, Francis (1981). The Ocean Basins and Margins: The Arctic Ocean. Vol. 5. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 166. ISBN 978-1-4757-1250-6.
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