Kanairiktok shear zone: the boundary between the Paleoproterozoic Makkovik Province and the Archean Nain Province, Labrador, Canada.

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Culshaw, N, Brown, T, Reynolds, P H, Ketchum, J WF
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2000
• Subjects: Canada; Nain; Makkovik; Harbour Bay; Island Harbour
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e00-035; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e00-035

The polyphase Kanairiktok shear zone (KNSZ) separates gneissic rocks of the Archean Nain craton from their reworked equivalents in the Paleoproterozoic Kaipokok domain of the Makkovik Province. In its early stages, the KNSZ bounded the Kaipokok domain as it was thermally softened by 1895-1870 Ma And...