Lithostratigraphy and lithogeochemistry of Ediacaran alkaline basaltic rocks of the Musgravetown Group, Bonavista Peninsula, northeastern Newfoundland, Canada: an extensional volcanogenic basin in the type-Avalon terrane

• Main Authors: Mills, Andrea, Sandeman, Hamish
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Atlantic Geoscience Society 2021
• Subjects: Big Head; Canada; Dam Pond; Rocky Harbour; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/31898

Volcanic rocks of the Ediacaran Musgravetown Group on Bonavista Peninsula, Avalon terrane, Newfoundland, include basal ca. 600 Ma calc-alkaline basalt succeeded by continental tholeiite and alkaline rhyolite of the ca. 592 Ma Plate Cove volcanic belt (Bull Arm Formation), indicating a change from su...