The South Lake Igneous Complex, Newfoundland: a marginal basin – island arc association

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Lorenz, Brenna E., Fountain, John C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1982
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Notre Dame Bay; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e82-040; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e82-040

The South Lake Igneous Complex, located south of Notre Dame Bay in the Exploits Zone of central Newfoundland, consists of ophiolitic (layered gabbro and sheeted dike) fragments intruded by a quartz–hornblende diorite and a later tonalite. All units are cut by swarms of basalt dikes. The sheeted dike...