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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Main Author: McCausland, Philip John Albert
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 1998
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Online Access:https://research.library.mun.ca/6554/
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