Bjorne Formation

Bjorne Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Triassic
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Sverdrup Basin
Underlies	Murray Harbour Formation
Overlies	Blind Fiord Formation Lindstrom Formation Trold Fiord Formation
Thickness	60–1,440 m (200–4,720 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, shale
Location
Coordinates	79.33°N 83.15°W / 79.33; -83.15
Region	Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Country	Canada
Type section
Named by	Tozer
Year defined	1963
Bjorne Formation (Canada)

The Bjorne Formation is a formation of sandstones and shales in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.^[1] The southern edge of the formation includes petroleum reserves in Melville Island. The basin also includes Mackenzie King Island, Lougheed Island and portions of Prince Patrick Island, Borden Island, Ellef Ringnes Island, Amund Ringnes Island, and Cornwall Island.

The formation underlies the Murray Harbour Formation and overlies the Blind Fiord, Lindstrom and Trold Fiord Formations.^[2]

Oil and gas deposits are confirmed through the basin.^[1]

The southern and eastern margins are more than 1000 meters, sometimes nearly 2000 meters, thick.^[3]

References

1. Robert Meneley (2008). "The Significance of Oil in the Sverdrup Basin" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-06-30. The 100 million barrel tar sand deposit at Marie Bay (Trettin and Hills, 1966) on western Melville Island is held in a possible stratigraphic trap in the Bjorne Formation where conventional oil has been highly degraded by exposure at surface.
2. Midwinter, 2012, p.10
3. "Derrick Midwinter". Dalhousie University. Retrieved 2021-07-08.

Bibliography

• Midwinter, Derrick W (2012), The Lower Triassic Bjorne Formation: from deposition to diagenesis in the eastern Sverdrup Basin, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada (PDF), Dalhousie University, pp. 1–82, retrieved 2018-08-07