Origin and U–Pb geochronology of amphibolite-facies metamorphic rocks, Miramichi Highlands, New Brunswick

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Fyffe, Les, Barr, Sandra M., Bevier, Mary Lou
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1988
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Fox Ridge; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e88-158; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e88-158

The Miramichi Highlands of New Brunswick are underlain by subgreenschist- to greenschist-facies sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Cambro-Ordovician Tetagouche Group and by amphibolite-facies paragneisses, amphibolites, and felsic orthogneisses of the Trousers Lake and Sisson Brook suites. New fi...