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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Published in:Atlantic Geology
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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Online Access:https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/2033