The advocate ophiolite mantle, Baie Verte, Newfoundland: Regional correlations and evidence for metasomatism

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Bédard, Jean H., Escayola, Monica Patricia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: National Research Council Canada-NRC Research Press
• Subjects: Ophilites; Mantle; Metasomatism; Newfoundland; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.7; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Canada; Pablo; Verte; Baie Verte; Baie Verte Peninsula; Betts Cove; Point Rousse
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/92709

Mantle rocks of the Advocate ophiolite near Flatwater Pond (Baie Verte, Newfoundland) are dominated by harzburgite tectonites, which are extensively converted to listvenite along the Baie Verte Road fault and represent a potential gold exploration target. Most Advocate harzburgites have forsteritic...