The geology of the northern part of North Arm Massif, Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex, Newfoundland: with application to upper oceanic crust lithology, structure, and genesis

• Main Author: Rosencrantz, Eric J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholars Archive 1980
• Subjects: Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex; lithology; tectonics; structural geology; Geology; Tectonics and Structure; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/cas_daes_geology_etd/110; https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/context/cas_daes_geology_etd/article/1109/viewcontent/rosencrantzabstract.pdf; https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/context/cas_daes_geology_etd/article/1109/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/rosencrantzpl1.pdf; https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/context/cas_daes_geology_etd/article/1109/filename/1/type/additional/viewcontent/rosencrantzpl2.pdf

Detailed mapping (1:15,800) of the northern half of North Arm Massif shows the area to be underlain with a complete, although thin, ophiolite assemblage consisting, from top to base, of basalts, sheeted diabase dikes, isotropic and layered gabbroic rocks, layered ultramafic rocks and harzburgite tec...