Geological relationships in northwestern Fogo Island and their implications for the timing of orogenic events. Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey, Report 2015-1, 27-42.

• Main Authors: Donaldson, C., Sood, R., Barth, A., Christie, H., Kerr, A. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources Geological Survey 2015
• Subjects: 02 - Geodynamics; Geophysics and Tectonics; 05 - Petrology - Igneous; Metamorphic and Volcanic Studies; Brimstone; Brimstone Head; Change Islands; Fogo; Fogo Harbour; Fogo Island; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3581/; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3581/1/plate.png; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3581/2/Donaldson-2015.pdf; http://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/nr/mines/geoscience/publications/currentresearch/2015/Donaldson-2015.pdf

Sedimentary and volcanic rocks in northwestern Fogo Island are traditionally assigned to the Silurian Botwood Group, and are subdivided into the Fogo Harbour Formation (dominated by siliciclastic sedimentary rocks) and the Brimstone Head Formation (dominated by pyroclastic rocks). These two formatio...