STRUCTURAL HISTORY OF THE METAMORPHIC SOLE OF THE BAY-OF-ISLANDS COMPLEX, WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND

• Main Authors: FERGUSSON, C L, Cawood, Peter Anthony
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: HUMBER ARM ALLOCHTHON; BENEATH OPHIOLITES; OMAN OPHIOLITE; EMPLACEMENT; ZONES; SUITE; Blow Me Down; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/publications/c009e4db-83db-4b0f-8bd6-9ad4ff967bd0; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0029472551&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Displacement of the Early Ordovician ophiolitic Bay of Islands Complex was accompanied by the development of a metamorphic sole in underlying accreted gabbro, mafic pillow lava, pelite, and psammite. The metamorphic sole contains up to 130 m of amphibolite, underlain by up to 80 m of mafic and pelit...