Palaeomagnetism of the Skinner Cove Formation of Western Newfoundland and the birth of the Iapetus Ocean
The 550 Ma Skinner Cove Formation is a structural unit within the Humber Arm Allochthon of western Newfoundland, occurring as an alkali volcanic suite affected only by zeolite facies metamorphism. At 10 sites from its flows and dykes a magnetite-borne, stable characteristic 'A' remanence d...
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Memorial University of Newfoundland
1998
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Online Access: | https://research.library.mun.ca/6554/ https://research.library.mun.ca/6554/1/PhilipJohnAlbertMcCausland.pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/6554/3/PhilipJohnAlbertMcCausland.pdf |