Paleozoic metamorphism across the boundary between the Clements Markham fold belt and the Pearya terrane in northern Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Klaper, Eva M., Ohta, Yoshihide
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1993
• Subjects: Arctic Archipelago; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Ellesmere Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e93-072; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e93-072

Microstructural and petrological data suggest that a single episode of syn- to post-tectonic metamorphism affected the boundary region between the Clements Markham fold belt and Pearya, a postulated Caledonian terrane, during a mid-Paleozoic orogenic event in northern Ellesmere Island. The sedimenta...