Tectonic evolution of high-grade metamorphic tectonites of the Meelpaeg structure near Port aux Basques, southwestern Newfoundland during the Silurian Salinic and Early-to-Middle Devonian Acadian orogenies

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: van Staal, C. R., Lin, S., Valverde-Vaquero, P., Dunning, G., Burgess, J., Schofield, D., Joyce, N.
• Other Authors: NRCAN-TGI
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2024
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2023-0141; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjes-2023-0141; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjes-2023-0141

The Meelpaeg structure in southwestern Newfoundland comprises allochthonous tectonites formed during the Salinic (D 1-2 ) and Acadian (D 3 ) orogenies. D 1-2 occurred between 451 and 417 Ma and culminated in Barrovian metamorphism during terminal collision of the Gander margin with composite Laurent...