Metamorphic evolution of the Great Slave Lake shear zone

• Published in: Journal of Metamorphic Geology
• Main Authors: Dyck, Brendan, Goddard, Rellie M., Wallis, David, Hansen, Lars N., Martel, Edith
• Other Authors: Natural Environment Research Council, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Great Slave Lake
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jmg.12576; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jmg.12576; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/jmg.12576

Abstract The Palaeoproterozoic Great Slave Lake shear zone (GSLsz) is a crustal‐scale strike‐slip structure, with a total length of >1,000 km and a width of ~25 km, that separates the Archean Rae and Slave cratons. The range of metamorphic rocks now exposed at the surface encompasses granulite fa...