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Kanguk Formation : ウィキペディア英語版 | Kanguk Formation
The Kanguk Formation is a geological formation in the Northwest Territories of Canada whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.〔Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 574-588. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.〕 It was first described in the Kanguk Peninsula of the Axel Heiberg Island, along the shore of the Stand Fiord by Souther in 1963.〔Geological Survey of Canada Map 36-1959〕 The formation occurs throughout the Sverdrup Basin and the southern Queen Elizabeth Islands. ==Lithology== The Kanguk Formation is composed of dark shale and siltstone with interbeds of sandstone, bentonite and tuff.〔 Thicker sandstone and conglomerate beds occur in the western reaches in Eglinton Island.
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