Malley diabase dykes of the Slave craton, Canadian Shield: U–Pb age, paleomagnetism, and implications for continental reconstructions in the early Paleoproterozoic 1 Geological Survey of Canada Contribution 20110114.

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Buchan, Kenneth L., LeCheminant, Anthony N., van Breemen, Otto
• Other Authors: Mareschal, Jean-Claude
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2012
• Subjects: Yellowknife; Canada; Lac de Gras; Dogrib
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e11-061; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/e11-061; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e11-061

The NE-trending Malley dyke swarm, dated herein at 2231 ± 2 Ma (U–Pb baddeleyite), extends from the central Slave craton to the vicinity of the Kilohigok basin, and may continue farther to the northeast as the geochemically similar Brichta dyke swarm, having been offset sinistrally along the promine...