Late Cretaceous bimodal magmatism,northern Ellesmere Island:isotopic age and origin

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Trettin, H. P., Parrish, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ellesmere Island; Heiberg; Axel Heiberg Island; Strand Fiord; Yelverton Bay; Hansen Point
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e87-027; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e87-027

In the Yelverton Bay region of northwestern Ellesmere Island, bimodal intrusive and volcanic rocks are associated with a major fault in the Proterozoic–Cambrian rocks of the Pearya Terrane. The Wootton intrusion consists mainly of gabbro with lesser amounts of granitic and hybrid rocks; the Hansen P...