The Dover Fault: Western Boundary of the Avalon Zone in Northeastern Newfoundland

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Blackwood, R. F., Kennedy, M. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1975
• Subjects: Bonavista Bay; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e75-027; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e75-027

Basement rocks of the Hare Bay Gneiss Complex and associated granitic intrusive rocks on the western side of Bonavista Bay, northeastern Newfoundland, are separated from clastic sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Avalon Zone (Love Cove and Musgravetown Groups) by a 300–500 m wide mylonite zone ca...