Stratigraphy, petrology, and geochemistry of the North Touak-Cape Dyer volcanic belt, and implications for the tectonic setting of the Paleoproterozoic Hoare Bay group, eastern Baffin Island

• Main Author: Keim, Rae Dawn
• Other Authors: Ansdell, Kevin, Larson, Kyle, Pan, Yuanming
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Saskatchewan 2012
• Subjects: Komatiite; Paleoproterozoic; Baffin Island; Hoare Bay group; iron-formation; Cumberland Peninsula; Totnes Road formation; Clephane Bay formation; geochemistry; petrology; stratigraphy; tectonic setting; petrogenesis; Karasjok-type komatiite; enriched; fragmental; Cape Dyer; Clephane Bay; Dyer; Hoare; Hoare Bay; Karasjok; Totnes Road; Baffin
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2012-09-787

During the Geological Survey of Canada’s Cumberland Peninsula Integrated Geoscience project a ~150km long NE-SW trending volcanic belt, now termed the North Touak-Cape Dyer volcanic belt, was mapped. The volcanic rocks that comprise the belt are dominantly green weathering komatiitic rocks with some...