Anorthosltes and Gabbroic Bodies in northern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

• Published in: Atlantic Geology
• Main Authors: Dupuy, C., Dostal, J., Smith, P. K., Keppie, J. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Atlantic Geoscience Society 1986
• Subjects: Breton Island; Cape North
• Online Access: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/1602

Several lensoidal anorthositic bodies of probable Precaabrian age, are exposed in northern Cape Breton Island within a central fault-banded block of quartzofeldspathlc gneisses. One of these, the Red River anorthoslts coaplex Cell ka long and up to 1 ka Hide) ranges free anorthosite to anorthositlc...