Classic Rock Tours 2. Exploring a Famous Ophiolite: A Guide to the Bay of Islands Igneous Complex in Gros Morne National Park, Western Newfoundland, Canada

• Published in: Geoscience Canada
• Main Author: Kerr, Andrew
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Geological Association of Canada 2019
• Subjects: Canada; Gros Morne National Park; Newfoundland; Terre-Neuve
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1065877ar; https://doi.org/10.12789/geocanj.2019.46.149

Ophiolites are complex assemblages of ultramafic and mafic igneous rocks that are now widely considered to be pieces of ancient oceanic crust that were emplaced on to the continents courtesy of global plate tectonics. However, most examples were originally considered parts of enormous layered mafic...