An Archean metamorphic core complex in the southern Slave Province: basement–cover structural relations between the Sleepy Dragon Complex and the Yellowknife Supergroup

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: James, Donald T., Mortensen, James K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1992
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Yellowknife; Fenton; Suse Lake
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e92-169; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e92-169

Archean rocks in the Fenton Lake – Brown Lake area, southern Slave Province, are subdivided into two lithotectonic domains: a supracrustal domain, which consists mainly of the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup, and a gneiss–granite domain. The latter is composed of gneissic and metaigneous rocks of the...