A succession of quartz veins in Archean metaturbidites, Yellowknife Bay, Slave Province

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Fyson, W. K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Yellowknife; Yellowknife Bay
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e87-068; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e87-068

The style of extensional quartz veins changed during deformation and metamorphism of greywacke–mudstones near Yellowknife, with successive types of veins accompanying a progression from steeply plunging, predominantly macroscopic F 1 , and F 2 folds to mesoscopic F 3 folds and subvertical S 3 axial...