Ophiolite obduction in the Quebec Appalachians, Canada — 40 Ar/ 39 Ar age constraints and evidence for syn-tectonic erosion and sedimentation 1 Geological Survey of Canada Contribution 20100430. 2 GEOTOP (Centre de recherche en géochimie et géodynamique) Contribution 2011-0002. 3 This article is one of a series of papers published in this CJES Special Issue: In honour of Ward Neale on the theme of Appalachian and Grenvillian geology.

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: De Souza, Stéphane, Tremblay, Alain, Ruffet, Gilles, Pinet, Nicolas
• Other Authors: Murphy, Brendan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2012
• Subjects: Baie Verte
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e11-037; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/e11-037; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e11-037

Detailed field work conducted in the Dunnage zone of the Quebec Appalachians, is herein combined with 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating on a series of ophiolitic massifs, crosscutting granites, and associated metamorphic rocks occurring along the Baie Verte–Brompton line, the Taconian suture between Laurentia and...