Research Article

Paleo-Hydrothermal Predecessor to Perennial Spring Activity in Thick Permafrost in the Canadian High Arctic, and Its Relation to Deep Salt Structures: Expedition Fiord, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut

Table 4

Microthermometric data for paleocarbonate-hosted fluid inclusions from Striae Hill and White Glacier.

FIAStageLocationSampleOrigin (°C)Salinity (°C)FIAStageLocationSampleOrigin (°C)Salinity (°C)

Acal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-0.71.2n.m.Ocal2White GlacierSF07-1S-9.813.8146.9
Acal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-1.01.7n.m.Ocal2White GlacierSF07-1S-10.914.9135.8
Acal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-0.61.1n.m.Ocal2White GlacierSF07-1S-9.413.3178.6
Acal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-0.81.4n.m.Pcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-11.615.6251.2
Acal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-0.71.2n.m.Pcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-9.113.0192.5
Acal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-0.40.7n.m.Qcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-7.811.5192
Acal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-0.71.2n.m.Qcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-5.28.1228.1
Acal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-0.61.1n.m.Qcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-5.28.1167.8
Acal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-1.11.9252.4Qcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-4.67.3172.4
Acal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-0.91.6155.6Qcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-1.83.0192.7
Acal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-0.50.9295.5Qcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-6.19.3205.9
Acal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-0.50.9270Rcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-34.9194.1
Acal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-1.01.7n.m.Rcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-1.93.2220.6
Acal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-1.01.7238.8Rcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-5.28.1232.9
Acal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-1.11.9238.3Scal2White GlacierSF07-1S-1.32.2202.2
Bcal2Striae HillSF05-3EP-7.310.8152.5Tcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.20.2232.8
Ccal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-0.81.4n.m.Tcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.30.4249.4
Ccal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-0.61.1n.m.Tcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.30.5250.2
Dcal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-1.11.9253.1Tcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.30.4224.6
Dcal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-1.01.7238.9Ucal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.20.2199.7
Dcal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-0.91.6155.4Ucal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.20.2174.6
Ecal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-0.50.9270.2Ucal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.30.4163.2
Ecal2Striae HillSF05-3ES-0.50.9296.1Ucal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.30.4155.3
Fcal2Striae HillSF05-3EP-7.310.8152.9Ucal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.30.5111.5
Gcal2White GlacierSF07-1P-10.714.7n.m.Vcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-1.22.1247.2
Gcal2White GlacierSF07-1P-7.210.7n.m.Wcal2White GlacierSF07-1P-11.515.4155.7
Gcal2White GlacierSF07-1P-13.817.6n.m.Wcal2White GlacierSF07-1P-11.515.4159.5
Gcal2White GlacierSF07-1P-11.515.5231.5Xcal2White GlacierSF07-1P-11.715.6217.1
Gcal2White GlacierSF07-1P-11.515.5156.1Xcal2White GlacierSF07-1P-11.515.5230.8
Gcal2White GlacierSF07-1P-11.415.4159.7Xcal2White GlacierSF07-1P-11.515.4262.2
Hcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-1.11.9n.m.Ycal2White GlacierSF07-1P-11.515.5216.3
Ical2White GlacierSF07-1P-10.114.0n.m.Ycal2White GlacierSF07-1P-11.515.5n.m.
Ical2White GlacierSF07-1P-11.415.4n.m.Ycal2White GlacierSF07-1P-11.515.5n.m.
Ical2White GlacierSF07-1P-11.515.5262.8Ycal2White GlacierSF07-1P-11.515.5n.m.
Jcal2White GlacierSF07-1S0.00.0n.m.Ycal2White GlacierSF07-1P-11.515.5n.m.
Jcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.20.4n.m.Ycal2White GlacierSF07-1P-16.820.1n.m.
Jcal2White GlacierSF07-1S0.00.0177.2Zcal2White GlacierSF07-4S0.00.0182.4
Jcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.10.2233Zcal2White GlacierSF07-4S-0.30.5112.1
Jcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.20.4225.3Zcal2White GlacierSF07-4S-0.10.2200.9
Jcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.10.2174.9Zcal2White GlacierSF07-4S-1.32.2n.m.
Jcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-1.22.1246.9Zcal2White GlacierSF07-4S-0.10.2n.m.
Jcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.30.5250Zcal2White GlacierSF07-4S-1.01.7n.m.
Jcal2White GlacierSF07-1S0.00.0176.4Zcal2White GlacierSF07-4S-0.50.9n.m.
Kcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.71.2n.m.Zcal2White GlacierSF07-4S-1.32.2n.m.
Kcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-1.42.4n.m.Zcal2White GlacierSF07-4S-2.33.9n.m.
Kcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.20.4249.8Zcal2White GlacierSF07-4S-0.10.2n.m.
Kcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.20.4155.3AAcal2White GlacierSF07-4P-11.515.5n.m.
Kcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.20.4163.7AAcal2White GlacierSF07-4P-11.515.5n.m.
Lcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-5.88.9192.1AAcal2White GlacierSF07-4P-9.913.7n.m.
Lcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-5.78.8189.4BBcal1White GlacierSF07-1Sn.m.n.m.308.2
Lcal2White GlacierSF07-1S-5.88.9158.5BBcal1White GlacierSF07-1Sn.m.n.m.297.9
Mcal2White GlacierSF07-1S2-3.35.4125.3BBcal1White GlacierSF07-1Sn.m.n.m.290.8
Ncal2White GlacierSF07-1S-3.35.4144.5CCcal1White GlacierSF07-1S-8.312.1264.8
Ncal2White GlacierSF07-1S-1.22.1144CCcal1White GlacierSF07-1S-8.312.1270.6
Ncal2White GlacierSF07-1S-2.23.7137.6DDcal1White GlacierSF07-1S-16.919.8215
Ncal2White GlacierSF07-1S-0.40.7166.2EEcal1White GlacierSF07-1S-1.42.4137.4
Ocal2White GlacierSF07-1S-9.513.4193.3EEcal1White GlacierSF07-1S-1.22.1208.4
Ocal2White GlacierSF07-1S-9.313.2149.1EEcal1White GlacierSF07-1S-0.91.6158.8
Ocal2White GlacierSF07-1S-9.513.4164.3EEcal1White GlacierSF07-1S-1.11.9175.6
Ocal2White GlacierSF07-1S-10.414.4126.5EEcal1White GlacierSF07-1S-0.61.1162.1

Notes: Salinity reported in wt% NaCl equivalent. FIA = fluid inclusion assemblage; S/S2 = secondary origin; P = primary; Tmice = final ice melting T; Th = homogenization T (L + V to L); n.m. = not measured.