Paleomagnetism and age of the Aston dykes and Savage Point sills of the Boothia Uplift, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Jones, D. L., Fahrig, W. F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1978
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Canada; Prince of Wales Island; Somerset Island; Aston Bay; Savage Point; Whitehead Point
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e78-165; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e78-165

Oriented samples (107) have been drilled for paleomagnetic studies from diabase sills and dykes on either side of the Boothia Uplift, Canada. Six sites at Savage Point are in sills which intrude the Aston Formation; three, at Whitehead Point, north of Savage Point on the east coast of Prince of Wale...