The formation of Laurentia: Evidence from shear wave splitting

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Liddell, Mitch V., Bastow, Ian, Darbyshire, Fiona, Gilligan, Amy, Pugh, Stephen
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: shear wave splitting; Paleoproterozoic; seismic anisotropy; Trans-Hudson orogen; Laurentia; cratons; Baffin Island; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Hudson Strait; Baffin
• Online Access: http://archipel.uqam.ca/10879/1/Liddell_et_al_EarthPlanSciLetters_2017_479_170-178.pdf

The northern Hudson Bay region in Canada comprises several Archean cratonic nuclei, assembled by a number of Paleoproterozoic orogenies including the Trans-Hudson Orogen (THO) and the Rinkian–Nagssugtoqidian Orogen. Recent debate has focused on the extent to which these orogens have modern analogues...