The Structural Geology, Kinematics and Timing of Deformation at the Superior craton margin, Gull Rapids, Manitoba

• Main Author: Downey, Matthew
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2006
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Structural geology; Precambrian geology; Precambrian tectonics; Geochronology; Archean geology and geochronology; Gull Rapids; Hudson; Split Lake
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/1258

The Gull Rapids area, Manitoba, lies on the Superior craton margin and forms part of the Superior Boundary Zone (SBZ), a major collisional zone between the Archean Superior craton and the adjacent Paleoproterozoic Trans-Hudson Orogen. There are two main rock assemblages at Gull Rapids: orthogneisses...