Geology of the Plutonic and Hypabyssal Rocks of the Betts Cove Ophiolite Complex, Newfoundland

• Main Author: Idleman, Bruce D.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholars Archive 1981
• Subjects: Betts Cove Ophiolite Complex; Ordovician Snooks Arm Group; Geology; Sedimentology; Stratigraphy; Tectonics and Structure; Betts Cove; Cape St. John; Snooks Arm; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/cas_daes_geology_etd/40; https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1039&context=cas_daes_geology_etd

The Betts Cove ophiolite complex lies within the Dunnage Zone island arc terrain of central Newfoundland. It forms the base of the lower Ordovician Snooks Arm Group, which consists of mafic igneous rocks of the ophiolite and a thick sequence of volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks which conformably ove...