A Late Neoproterozoic age for a tonalite dyke in the Boisdale Hills, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

A tonalite dyke in the Benacadie Brook Formation in the Boisdale Hills of central Cape Breton Island yielded a U-Pb (zircon) age of 564.5 ± 5.1 Ma, interpreted to be the age of intrusion. The age is identical within error to the U-Pb (zircon) age of 564 +3/-2 Ma previously reported for a granodiorit...

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Main Authors: Barr, Sandra M., Kamo, Sandra, White, Chris E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Atlantic Geoscience Society 1999
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spelling ftuninewbrunojs:oai:ojs.journals.lib.unb.ca:article/2033 2023-05-15T15:46:42+02:00 A Late Neoproterozoic age for a tonalite dyke in the Boisdale Hills, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia Barr, Sandra M. Kamo, Sandra White, Chris E. 1999-10-01 application/pdf https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/2033 eng eng Atlantic Geoscience Society https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/2033/2397 https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/2033 Copyright (c) 2015 Atlantic Geology Atlantic Geoscience; Vol. 35 No. 3 (1999) 2564-2987 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1999 ftuninewbrunojs 2022-07-11T11:41:49Z A tonalite dyke in the Benacadie Brook Formation in the Boisdale Hills of central Cape Breton Island yielded a U-Pb (zircon) age of 564.5 ± 5.1 Ma, interpreted to be the age of intrusion. The age is identical within error to the U-Pb (zircon) age of 564 +3/-2 Ma previously reported for a granodiorite sample from the nearby Shunacadie Pluton. Based on geographic proximity and identical age, as well as petrological similarities, the tonalite dyke is interpreted to be comagmatic with the granodiorite. Although the new date does not provide further constraint on the age of the Benacadie Brook Formation, it affirms the importance of ca. 560 Ma plutonism in the Bras d'Or terrene of Cape Breton Island. RÉSUMÉ Un dyke de tonalite intrusive dans la formation de Benacadie Brook, dans les collines du centre de l’ile du Cap-Breton, a révèlé une datation au U-Pb (au zircon) de 564.5 ± 5.1 m.a. Cette datation est la même que celle obtenue au U-Pb (au zircon) de 564 +3/-2 m.a. signalee précéiemment pour un echantillon de granodiorite de la formation plutonique adjacente de Shunacadie. Compte tenu de la proximité g&jgraphique, du même âge et d'autres similitudes pétrologiques, ce dyke de tonalite est repute appartenir a la mfime province petrographique que la granodiorite. Bien que cette nouvelle datation ne donne pas d'autres précisions sur l’âge de la formation de Benacadie Brook, elle n'en établit pas moins I'importance de l'activité plutonique survenue dans le terrene du Bras d'Or sur l’ile du Cap-Breton il y a environ 560 m.a. Traduit par la rédaction Article in Journal/Newspaper Breton Island University of New Brunswick: Centre for Digital Scholarship Journals Breton Island ENVELOPE(141.383,141.383,-66.800,-66.800) Atlantic Geology 35 3
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description A tonalite dyke in the Benacadie Brook Formation in the Boisdale Hills of central Cape Breton Island yielded a U-Pb (zircon) age of 564.5 ± 5.1 Ma, interpreted to be the age of intrusion. The age is identical within error to the U-Pb (zircon) age of 564 +3/-2 Ma previously reported for a granodiorite sample from the nearby Shunacadie Pluton. Based on geographic proximity and identical age, as well as petrological similarities, the tonalite dyke is interpreted to be comagmatic with the granodiorite. Although the new date does not provide further constraint on the age of the Benacadie Brook Formation, it affirms the importance of ca. 560 Ma plutonism in the Bras d'Or terrene of Cape Breton Island. RÉSUMÉ Un dyke de tonalite intrusive dans la formation de Benacadie Brook, dans les collines du centre de l’ile du Cap-Breton, a révèlé une datation au U-Pb (au zircon) de 564.5 ± 5.1 m.a. Cette datation est la même que celle obtenue au U-Pb (au zircon) de 564 +3/-2 m.a. signalee précéiemment pour un echantillon de granodiorite de la formation plutonique adjacente de Shunacadie. Compte tenu de la proximité g&jgraphique, du même âge et d'autres similitudes pétrologiques, ce dyke de tonalite est repute appartenir a la mfime province petrographique que la granodiorite. Bien que cette nouvelle datation ne donne pas d'autres précisions sur l’âge de la formation de Benacadie Brook, elle n'en établit pas moins I'importance de l'activité plutonique survenue dans le terrene du Bras d'Or sur l’ile du Cap-Breton il y a environ 560 m.a. Traduit par la rédaction
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author Barr, Sandra M.
Kamo, Sandra
White, Chris E.
spellingShingle Barr, Sandra M.
Kamo, Sandra
White, Chris E.
A Late Neoproterozoic age for a tonalite dyke in the Boisdale Hills, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
author_facet Barr, Sandra M.
Kamo, Sandra
White, Chris E.
author_sort Barr, Sandra M.
title A Late Neoproterozoic age for a tonalite dyke in the Boisdale Hills, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
title_short A Late Neoproterozoic age for a tonalite dyke in the Boisdale Hills, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
title_full A Late Neoproterozoic age for a tonalite dyke in the Boisdale Hills, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
title_fullStr A Late Neoproterozoic age for a tonalite dyke in the Boisdale Hills, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
title_full_unstemmed A Late Neoproterozoic age for a tonalite dyke in the Boisdale Hills, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
title_sort late neoproterozoic age for a tonalite dyke in the boisdale hills, cape breton island, nova scotia
publisher Atlantic Geoscience Society
publishDate 1999
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