Early Paleozoic development of the Maine-Quebec Boundary Mountains region

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Gerbi, C C, Johnson, S E, Aleinikoff, J N, Bédard, J H, Dunning, G R, Fanning, C M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2006
• Subjects: The Boil; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e05-113; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e05-113

Pre-Silurian bedrock units played key roles in the early Paleozoic history of the Maine–Quebec Appalachians. These units represent peri-Laurentian material whose collision with the craton deformed the Neoproteozoic passive margin and initiated the Appalachian mountain-building cycle. We present new...