The Cheticamp pluton: a Cambrian granodioritic intrusion in the western Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Barr, Sandra M., Macdonald, Alan S., Blenkinsop, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1986
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Breton Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e86-156; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e86-156

The Cheticamp pluton consists of biotite granodiorite (locally megacrystic) in the north and museovite–biotite granodiorite in the south, in probable faulted contact. These two rock types, especially the biotite granodiorite, show a broad range in modal and chemical compositions. They are interprete...