Stratigraphy, provenance, and syn-orogenic evolution of the Gibbett Hill and Quidi Vidi formations (lower Signal Hill Group), Avalon Peninsula (Newfoundland)
Sedimentologic and provenance studies of the syn-orogenic Ediacaran lower Signal Hill Group (Gibbett Hill and Quidi Vidi formations) in the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada, were conducted to test structural and depositional models related to late Ediacaran West Avalonian orogenesis. Two facie...
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ftmemorialuniv:oai:research.library.mun.ca:16094 2023-11-12T04:21:18+01:00 Stratigraphy, provenance, and syn-orogenic evolution of the Gibbett Hill and Quidi Vidi formations (lower Signal Hill Group), Avalon Peninsula (Newfoundland) Serna Ortiz, Santiago Alberto 2023-06 application/pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/16094/ https://research.library.mun.ca/16094/1/converted.pdf en eng Memorial University of Newfoundland https://research.library.mun.ca/16094/1/converted.pdf Serna Ortiz, Santiago Alberto <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Serna_Ortiz=3ASantiago_Alberto=3A=3A.html> (2023) Stratigraphy, provenance, and syn-orogenic evolution of the Gibbett Hill and Quidi Vidi formations (lower Signal Hill Group), Avalon Peninsula (Newfoundland). Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland. thesis_license Thesis NonPeerReviewed 2023 ftmemorialuniv 2023-10-28T23:12:35Z Sedimentologic and provenance studies of the syn-orogenic Ediacaran lower Signal Hill Group (Gibbett Hill and Quidi Vidi formations) in the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada, were conducted to test structural and depositional models related to late Ediacaran West Avalonian orogenesis. Two facies associations corresponding to delta front and delta plain environments were identified from five stratigraphic sections. The presence of an unconformity between these facies near the location of a previously proposed thrust-related paleo-high and changes in sedimentary patterns reflecting shoreline regression supports hypothetical syn-sedimentary uplift and reveals coeval base level fall. Framework petrography, detrital geochronology, and detrital heavy mineral analysis indicate sediment sourcing from hinterlands of West Avalonian igneous and metamorphic basement. Changes in provenance were noted between the delta front and delta plain facies coeval with regression of the Signal Hill delta that suggests coeval thrusting of volcanic cover sequences over previously exhumed plutonic sources and the exhumation of higher-grade metamorphic rocks in the hinterlands. Detrital zircon U-Pb maximum depositional ages of the delta front and delta plain facies yield 557 ± 9 Ma and 556 ± 22 Ma, respectively, constraining this episode of West Avalonian hinterland exhumation, wedge-top foreland basin deformation, and forced regression to ca. 556 Ma. Thesis Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Research Repository |
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Sedimentologic and provenance studies of the syn-orogenic Ediacaran lower Signal Hill Group (Gibbett Hill and Quidi Vidi formations) in the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada, were conducted to test structural and depositional models related to late Ediacaran West Avalonian orogenesis. Two facies associations corresponding to delta front and delta plain environments were identified from five stratigraphic sections. The presence of an unconformity between these facies near the location of a previously proposed thrust-related paleo-high and changes in sedimentary patterns reflecting shoreline regression supports hypothetical syn-sedimentary uplift and reveals coeval base level fall. Framework petrography, detrital geochronology, and detrital heavy mineral analysis indicate sediment sourcing from hinterlands of West Avalonian igneous and metamorphic basement. Changes in provenance were noted between the delta front and delta plain facies coeval with regression of the Signal Hill delta that suggests coeval thrusting of volcanic cover sequences over previously exhumed plutonic sources and the exhumation of higher-grade metamorphic rocks in the hinterlands. Detrital zircon U-Pb maximum depositional ages of the delta front and delta plain facies yield 557 ± 9 Ma and 556 ± 22 Ma, respectively, constraining this episode of West Avalonian hinterland exhumation, wedge-top foreland basin deformation, and forced regression to ca. 556 Ma. |
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Stratigraphy, provenance, and syn-orogenic evolution of the Gibbett Hill and Quidi Vidi formations (lower Signal Hill Group), Avalon Peninsula (Newfoundland) |
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Stratigraphy, provenance, and syn-orogenic evolution of the Gibbett Hill and Quidi Vidi formations (lower Signal Hill Group), Avalon Peninsula (Newfoundland) |
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Stratigraphy, provenance, and syn-orogenic evolution of the Gibbett Hill and Quidi Vidi formations (lower Signal Hill Group), Avalon Peninsula (Newfoundland) |
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Stratigraphy, provenance, and syn-orogenic evolution of the Gibbett Hill and Quidi Vidi formations (lower Signal Hill Group), Avalon Peninsula (Newfoundland) |
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Stratigraphy, provenance, and syn-orogenic evolution of the Gibbett Hill and Quidi Vidi formations (lower Signal Hill Group), Avalon Peninsula (Newfoundland) |
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stratigraphy, provenance, and syn-orogenic evolution of the gibbett hill and quidi vidi formations (lower signal hill group), avalon peninsula (newfoundland) |
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https://research.library.mun.ca/16094/1/converted.pdf Serna Ortiz, Santiago Alberto <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Serna_Ortiz=3ASantiago_Alberto=3A=3A.html> (2023) Stratigraphy, provenance, and syn-orogenic evolution of the Gibbett Hill and Quidi Vidi formations (lower Signal Hill Group), Avalon Peninsula (Newfoundland). Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland. |
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