Lithostratigraphy and lithogeochemistry of Ediacaran alkaline basaltic rocks of the Musgravetown Group, Bonavista Peninsula, northeastern Newfoundland, Canada: an extensional volcanogenic basin in the type-Avalon terrane

• Published in: Atlantic Geology
• Main Authors: Mills, Andrea, Sandeman, Hamish
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Atlantic Geoscience Society 2021
• Subjects: Canada; Rocky Harbour; Big Head; Dam Pond; Newfoundland; Terre-Neuve
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1082236ar; https://doi.org/10.4138/atlgeol.2021.010

Volcanic rocks of the Ediacaran Musgravetown Group on Bonavista Peninsula, Avalon terrane, Newfoundland, include basal ca. 600 Ma calc-alkaline basalt succeeded by continental tholeiite and alkaline rhyolite of the ca. 592 Ma Plate Cove volcanic belt (Bull Arm Formation), indicating a change from su...