Two Neoarchean tectonothermal events on the western edge of the North Atlantic Craton, as revealed by SIMS dating of the Saglek Block, Nain Province, Labrador

• Published in: Journal of the Geological Society
• Main Authors: Dunkley, Daniel J., Kusiak, Monika A., Wilde, Simon A., Whitehouse, Martin J., Sałacińska, Anna, Kielman, Ross, Konečný, Patrik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: The Saglek Block; tectonothermal events; Nain; Hebron; Saglek Bay; Ramah Bay; Hopedale; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/12459; https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2018-153

The Saglek Block forms the northern part of the Nain Province and underwent widespread metamorphism at c. 2.7 Ga, producing the dominant gneissosity and intercalation of supracrustal sequences. Zircon dating of gneiss samples collected along 80 km of the Labrador coast from Ramah Bay in the north to...