"The authors have documented the distribution of the main lithostratigraphic and biostratigraphic units that evolved during Cenozoic time through complex, but discrete, deltaic sequences, modified by important structural and erosional events and nondepositional intervals. The stratigraphy framework established will provide a basis for understanding the evolution of this Cenozoic sedimentary basin, which has potential to contribute greatly to Canada's future energy resources." --

The Sedimentary Basins of the United States and Canada, Second Edition, focuses on the large, regional, sedimentary accumulations in Canada and the United States. Each chapter provides a succinct summary of the tectonic setting and structural and paleogeographic evolution of the basin it covers, with details on structure and stratigraphy. The book features four new chapters that cover the sedimentary basins of Alaska and the Canadian Arctic. In addition to sedimentary geologists, this updated reference is relevant for basin analysis, regional geology, stratigraphy, and for those working in the hydrocarbon exploration industry. - Features updates to existing chapters, along with new chapters on sedimentary basins in Alaska and Arctic Canada - Includes nearly 300 detailed, full-color paleogeographic maps - Written for general geological audiences and individuals working in the resources sector, particularly those in the fossil fuel industry

Examines the structural evolution of the Earth's crust from the Triassic period to the present. The book describes the patterns of distribution, and the composition and accumulation conditions of formations in the various geological periods in all the continents and oceans.

Description of Upper Cretaceous to Holocene clastic sediments in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Delta and Banks Island areas of the Northwest Territories, deposited in deltaic, shelf and deep water environments.

This study encompassess the area from about latitude 65° N to the Beaufort Sea and from longitude 132° W to the Alaska border, and includes Cretaceous strata in the northern Richardson, northern Ogilvie and British mountains, and in the subsurface under the Mackenzie Delta and Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula.