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]

Map of the Mackenzie Large Igneous Province and its sub-features. The Nauyat Formation is shown as "Nauyat volcanics".

See also
  • Volcanology of Canada
  • Volcanology of Eastern Canada
  • Volcanology of Northern Canada
  • Volcanology of Western Canada

References
  1. Geochemistry of Neohelikian Nauyat plateau basalts, Borden rift basin, northwestern Baffin Island, Canada


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