The Advocate ophiolite mantle, Baie Verte, Newfoundland: regional correlations and evidence for metasomatismGeological Survey of Canada, Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution 20090211.

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Bédard, Jean H., Escayola, Monica
• Other Authors: Polat, Ali
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2010
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Canada; Verte; Baie Verte; Baie Verte Peninsula; Betts Cove; Point Rousse; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e10-004; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/E10-004; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/E10-004

Mantle rocks of the Advocate ophiolite near Flatwater Pond (Baie Verte, Newfoundland) are dominated by harzburgite tectonites, which are extensively converted to listvenite along the Baie Verte Road fault and represent a potential gold exploration target. Most Advocate harzburgites have forsteritic...