New U-Pb age constraints on the geological history of the Ganderian Bras d'Or terrane, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

• Main Authors: van Rooyen, Deanne, Barr, Sandra M., White, Chris E, Hamilton, Michael A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2019
• Subjects: Breton Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/96035; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjes-2018-0248

The northern Appalachian orogen preserves evidence of a complex history of amalgamation of terranes with both Laurentian and Gondwanan affinities. The Ganderian Bras d'Or terrane of central Cape Breton Island is not well-represented elsewhere in the orogen and its relationship to other Ganderia...