Integrated Devonian Event Stratigraphy, Western North America

Principal Investigators:

Michael Whalen and Jed Day (Illinois State Univ.)

The Late Devonian records some of the most profound geologic, climatic and biotic events of the Paleozoic Era including orogenesis, eustatic sea-level change, a mass extinction event and the beginning of a greenhouse-to-icehouse transition. To better document the timing and effects of such events we employ an integrated stratigraphic approach using combined conodont and brachiopod biostratigraphy and magnetic susceptibility event stratigraphy (MSEC) in conjunction with a sequence stratigraphic model previously developed for isolated carbonate platforms in western Alberta. Detailed sampling in western Alberta and eastern British Columbia and comparison of our data with similar records in the U.S. and Europe will provide the stratigraphic resolution to document the relationship between tectonic, climatic and bioevents during this profound episode of global change.

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