A lost arc-back-arc terrane of the Dunnage oceanic tract recorded in clasts from the Garin formation and McCrea mélange in the Gaspé Appalachians of Québec

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 17-38

  Dupuis, Céline ^a   Malo, Michel ^a   Bédard, Jean ^b   Davis, Bill ^b   Villeneuve, Mike ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back arc basin; Calc alkaline; Dunnage zone; Gasp Appalachians; Igneous clasts; Tholeiite; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC BASIN; CALC-ALKALINE; DUNNAGE ZONE; IGNEOUS CLASTS; THOLEIITE; VOLCANISM;

LEAD; OCEANOGRAPHY; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

BACKARC BASIN; CALC ALKALINE ROCK; CLAST; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LAURENTIA; MAGMATISM; MELANGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; ORDOVICIAN; SUBDUCTION; TERRANE; THOLEIITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM;

APPALACHIANS; CANADA; GASPE; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 69949165848     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26251.1     Document Type: Article

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