Lateral heterogeneity in the seismic structure of the oceanic crust inferred from velocity studies in the Bay of Islands ophiolite, Newfoundland

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Christensen, Nikolas I., Salisbury, Matthew H.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1982
• Subjects: Articles; Blow Me Down; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/68/3/675; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1982.tb04922.x

In the Bay of Islands ophiolite complex of Western Newfoundland, Lower Ordovician crust and upper mantle are exposed in four massifs. Two of these, the Blow-Me-Down and North Arm massifs, contain complete or nearly complete ophiolite successions ranging from clastic sediments at the top, through pil...