Geology of the Lewisporte/Loon Bay Area, Newfoundland, Canada

• Main Author: Livaccari, Richard F.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholars Archive 1980
• Subjects: Lewisporte/Loon Bay area; Campbellton sequence; mafic rock; Loon Harbour Formation; Geology; Tectonics and Structure; Volcanology; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/cas_daes_geology_etd/53; https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/context/cas_daes_geology_etd/article/1052/viewcontent/livaccarims.pdf; https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/context/cas_daes_geology_etd/article/1052/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/livaccaripl1c.pdf; https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/context/cas_daes_geology_etd/article/1052/filename/1/type/additional/viewcontent/livaccaripl1.pdf; https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/context/cas_daes_geology_etd/article/1052/filename/2/type/additional/viewcontent/livaccaripl3.pdf; https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/context/cas_daes_geology_etd/article/1052/filename/3/type/additional/viewcontent/livaccaripl4.pdf

The Lewisporte/Loon Bay area is located within the Central Volcanic belt of Newfoundland. It contains rocks of (?)upper Cambrian to Ordovician in age. The most important group of rocks within this area is the three part Campbellton sequence. The oldest unit of the Campbellton sequence is the Loon Ha...