Monday, August 3, 2015

Sanikiluaq, Flaherty Island, Hudson Bay, Belcher Islands, Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada

Stripes of Life From Halfway Back in Time 
Stripes of Life From Halfway Back in Time by Mike Beauregard

Algae life that is. Bedded 2 billion year old sedimentary rocks, say 5 metres wide at base of photo. Rollercoastering up into the sky just outside Sanikiluaq, Nunavut. View is looking due north. Younging direction or upwards for these vertically-dipping carbonate strata is to the left. There are mega-miles of textured rocks polished by glaciation in the Belcher Islands for the macro inclined.

Smoothing of all outcrop around here is due to continental glaciation.

 

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