Structural history of the metamorphic sole of the Bay of Islands Complex, western Newfoundland

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Fergusson, C. L., Cawood, P. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1995
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e95-045; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e95-045

Displacement of the Early Ordovician ophiolitic Bay of Islands Complex was accompanied by the development of a metamorphic sole in underlying accreted gabbro, mafic pillow lava, pelite, and psammite. The metamorphic sole contains up to 130 m of amphibolite, underlain by up to 80 m of mafic and pelit...