PALAEOZOIC FLOOD BASALTS IN NORTHERN NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

Columnar basalt of the Cloud Hills in northern Newfoundland, previously regarded as of Keeweenawan age, now is thought to be post-Lower Cambrian, since it lies on coarse clastic rocks correlated with known Lower Cambrian strata nearby. A younger age limit is given by a whole rock K-A date of 334 m.y...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Author: Clifford, Paul M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1965
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e65-016
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