U-Pb geochronology of the Lime Hill gneissic complex, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

• Published in: Atlantic Geology
• Main Authors: Sangster, A. L., Hunt, P. A., Mortensen, J. K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Atlantic Geoscience Society 1990
• Subjects: Breton Island
• Online Access: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/1705

Low-grade metasedimentary rocks of Late Proterozoic age in the Bras d'Or Terrane of Cape Breton Island contain small areas of gneissic rocks which were previously undated. New U-Pb data indicate that the Lime Hill gneissic complex is the product of an Early Cambrian intrusive/metamorphic event...