Geology and tectonic development of the Bras d'Or suspect terrane, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Raeside, Robert P., Barr, Sandra M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1990
• Subjects: Breton Island; Mira; Barachois; Black Brook; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e90-147; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e90-147

The Bras d'Or Terrane is defined in Cape Breton Island and consists of four distinctive components, (i) Low-pressure, regionally metamorphosed aluminous and calcareous gneiss of the Proterozoic Bras d'Or metamorphic suite is restricted to the southeastern part of the terrane. (ii) Late Pro...