Age and origin of the Boil Mountain ophiolite and Chain Lakes massif, Maine: implications for the Penobscottian orogeny

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Kusky, T. M., Chow, J. S., Bowring, S. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1997
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e17-051; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e17-051

The Boil Mountain ophiolite complex of west-central Maine is widely interpreted to mark the Lower Ordovician Penobscottian suture between the Dunnage, Chain Lakes, and Gander terranes. The ophiolite consists of two distinct volcanic groups, including a lower island-arc tholeiite sequence and an uppe...