The formation of Laurentia: evidence from shear wave splitting

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Liddell, M, Bastow, ID, Darbyshire, FA, Gilligan, A, Pugh, S
• Other Authors: Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC), The Leverhulme Trust
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Physical Sciences; Geochemistry & Geophysics; shear wave splitting; Paleoproterozoic; seismic anisotropy; Trans-Hudson orogen; Laurentia; cratons; WESTERN CHURCHILL PROVINCE; UPPER-MANTLE; CANADA; BENEATH; BAY; CRATON; SKS; GA; 02 Physical Sciences; 04 Earth Sciences; Baffin Island; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Hudson Strait; Baffin
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/50765; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.030

The northern Hudson Bay region in Canada comprises several Archean cratonic nuclei, assembled by a number of Paleoproterozoic orogenies including the Trans-Hudson Orogen (THO) and the Rinkian–Nagssugtoqidian Orogen. Recent debate has focused on the extent to which these orogens have modern analogues...