Synchroneity of folding and crosscutting cleavage in the Newfoundland Appalachians?

• Published in: Journal of Structural Geology
• Main Author: van der Pluijm, Ben A.
• Other Authors: Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 1006 C.C. Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 1990
• Subjects: Geology and Earth Sciences; Science; Change Islands; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/28935; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V9D-4876D6M-1W/2/f47ca722c8a7da55ecbe7ca09d493d63; https://doi.org/10.1016/0191-8141(90)90103-6

Cleavage that cuts obliquely across folds is relatively common in the Appalachians/Caledonides and this has been interpreted as evidence for regional transpression, an interpretation which is only valid if contemporaneity of folding and cleavage formation can be demonstrated. Crosscutting cleavages...