Epizonal I- and A-type granites and associated ash-flow tuffs, Fogo Island, northeast Newfoundland

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Sandeman, Hamish A., Malpas, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1995
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Fogo; Fogo Island; Rogers Cove; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e95-141; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e95-141

Magmatic activity of Silurian–Devonian age is widespread in the Appalachian–Caledonian Orogen. A marked characteristic of this magmatism is the composite nature of the igneous suites, which range from peridotite to granodiorite in single plutonic bodies. The origin of these suites is still enigmatic...