The age of igneous and metamorphic events in the western Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia
Plutonic rocks of four different ages have been recognized in the Cape Breton Highlands on the basis of U–Pb dating of zircons. Two plutons, the North Branch Baddeck River leucotonalite [Formula: see text] and the Chéticamp pluton (550 ± 8 Ma), give dates that fall within the range of Late Proterozo...
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1986
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e86-177 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e86-177 |