Contrasting metamorphic terranes near Chéticamp, Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Currie, K. L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Breton Island; Dome The
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e87-228; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e87-228

Two contrasting metamorphic terranes can be recognized in northwestern Cape Breton Island. One terrane (Pleasant Bay complex) consists of biotite gneiss and quartzite with minor calc-silicate lenses that were metamorphosed in Late Precambrian time (about 550 Ma) and were subsequently intruded by Sil...