The Notre Dame arc and the Taconic orogeny in Newfoundland
The Taconic orogeny in Newfoundland consisted of three accretionary events (Taconic 1, 2, and 3). Taconic 1 is represented by ca. 495 Ma, west-directed obduction of the infant-arc Lushs Bight oceanic tract (510–501 Ma) onto the peri-Laurentian Dashwoods microcontinent. Subduction is inferred to have...
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Geological Society of America
2007
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Online Access: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/9911/ |