Proterozoic continental volcanism in the Belcher Islands: implications for the evolution of the Circum Ungava Fold Belt

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Legault, F., Francis, D., Hynes, A., Budkewitsch, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1994
• Subjects: Belcher Islands; eskimo*; Hudson Bay
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e94-136; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e94-136

The Belcher Islands of eastern Hudson Bay expose a continuous sequence of Early Proterozoic volcanics, and continental and shallow-marine sedimentary rocks. The volcanic rocks comprise two sequences of continental basalts: the older Eskimo Formation and the younger Flaherty Formation. The flows of b...