Anatomy and orogenic history of a Paleoproterozoic accretionary belt: the Makkovik Province, Labrador, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Ketchum, John W.F, Culshaw, Nicholas G, Barr, Sandra M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2002
• Subjects: Makkovik; Nain
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e01-099; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e01-099

The Makkovik Province is a segment of a Paleoproterozoic accretionary belt (the Makkovik–Ketilidian orogen) that developed on the southern margin of Laurentia at 1.9–1.7 Ga. In contrast to coeval Laurentian orogenic belts that mainly resulted from collision of Archean plates, Makkovikian–Ketilidian...