Early to Middle Devonian granitic and volcanic rocks from the central Gulf of Maine

Lithos

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 455-465

  Barr, Sandra M ^a   Mortensen, James K ^b   Thompson, Margaret D ^c   Hermes, O Don ^d   White, Chris E ^e  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkali feldspar granite; Alkaline rocks; Avalonia; Gulf of Maine; Syenogranite

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; AVALONIA; BEDROCK; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEVONIAN; GRANITE; IGNEOUS ROCK; OUTCROP; SILURIAN; VOLCANIC ROCK; ZIRCON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 80054036146     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

References (58)

1. Acaster M., Bickford M.E. Geochronology and geochemistry of Putnam-Nashoba terrane metavolcanic and plutonic rocks, eastern Massachusetts: constraints on early Paleozoic evolution of eastern North America. Geological Society of America Bulletin 1999, 111:240-253.
2. Ballard, R.D., 1974. Summary of the geologic dives conducted in the Gulf of Maine during 1971 and 1972 by the research submersible Alvin. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Technical report WHOI-74-29, unpublished manuscript.
3. Castle R.O., Dixon H.R., Grew E.S., Griscom A., Zeitz I. Structural Dislocations in eastern Massachusetts 1976, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1410, 39 p.
4. Clapp C.H. Geology of the Igneous Rocks of Essex County, Massachusetts 1921, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 704, 132 p.
5. Crosby W.O. Geology of the Boston Basin. The Blue Hills complex: Boston Society of Natural History Occasional Paper 4 1900, v. 1:289-563. part 3.
6. Cuppels N.P. Post-carboniferous deformation of metamorphic and igneous rocks near the Northern Boundary fault. Boston basin, Massachusettts: United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1961, D46-D48. 424-D.
7. DePaolo D.J. Neodymium Isotope Geochemistry 1988, Heidelberg: Springer, Verlag, 187 p.
8. Eby G.N. Chemical subdivision of the A-type granitoids; petrogenetic and tectonic implications. Geology 1992, 20:641-644.
9. Goldsmith R. Structural and metamorphic history of eastern Massachusetts. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1991, H1-H63. 1366-H.
10. Goldstein A.G. Tectonic significance of multiple motions on terrane-bounding faults in the northern Appalachians. Geological Society of America Bulletin 1989, 101:927-938.
11. Griffin W.L., Powell W.J., Pearson N.J., O'Reilly S.Y. Glitter: data reduction software for laser ablation ICP-MS. Laser Ablation ICP-MS in the Earth Sciences: Current Practices and Outstanding Issues, Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course Series, Short Course 40 2008, 308-311. Vancouver, B.C. P.J. Sylvester (Ed.).
12. Hepburn J.C., Hon R., Dunning G.R., Bailey R.H., Galli K. The Avalon and Nashoba terranes (eastern margin of the Appalachian orogen in southeastern New England). Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Boston 1993, v. 2:X1-X31. J.T. Cheney, J.C. Hepburn (Eds.).
13. Hepburn J.C., Dunning G.R., Hon R. Mafic alkalic plutonism of Paleozoic age, Avalon terrane northwest of Boston, Massachusetts. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 1998, v. 30:A24-A25. no. 1.
14. Hermes O.D., Murray D.P. Geochemical distinctions of late Proterozoic and Paleozoic volcanism in the Avalon zone of New England. Geological Society of America Special Paper 1990, vol. 245:97-112. A.D. Socci, J.W. Skehan, G.W. Smith (Eds.).
15. Hermes O.D., Zartman R.E. Late Proterozoic and Devonian plutonic terrane within the Avalon zone of Rhode Island. Geological Society of America Bulletin 1985, 96:272-282.
16. Hermes O.D., Zartman R.E. Late Proterozoic and Silurian alkaline plutons within the Southeastern New England Avalon Zone. Journal of Geology 1992, 100:477-486.
17. Hermes O.D., Ballard R.D., Banks P.O. Upper Ordovician peralkalic granites from the Gulf of Maine. Geological Society of America Bulletin 1978, 89:1761-1774.
18. Hibbard J.P., van Staal C.R., Rankin D., Williams H. Lithotectonic map of the Appalachian orogen (north), Canada-United States of America. Geological Survey of Canada Map 02041A 2006, scale 1:1,500,000.
19. Hibbard J.P., van Staal C.R., Rankin D.W. A comparative analysis of pre-Silurian building blocks of the northern and southern Appalachians. American Journal of Science 2007, 307:23-45.
20. Hutchinson D.R., Klitgord K.D., Lee M.W., Trehu A.M. U.S. Geological Survey deep seismic profile across the Gulf of Maine. Geological Society of America Bulletin 1988, 100:172-184.
21. Keen C.E., Kay W.A., Keppie J.D., Marillier F., Pe-Piper G., Waldron J.W.F. Deep seismic reflection data from the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine: tectonic implications for the northern Appalachians. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 1991, 28:1096-1111.
22. Kerr A., Jenner G.A., Fryer B.J. Sm-Nd isotopic geochemistry of Precambrian to Paleozoic granitoid suites and the deep-crustal structure of the Newfoundland Appalachians. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 1995, 34:224-245.
23. Kosler J. Laser ablation sampling strategies for concentration and isotope ratio analyses by ICP-MS. Mineralogical Association of Canada, Quebec, Short Course Series 2008, vol. 40:79-92. P. Sylvester (Ed.).
24. Longerich H., Jenner G.A., Fryer B.J., Jackson S.E. Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometric analysis of geochemical samples. A critical evaluation on case studies. Chemical Geology 1990, 83:105-118.
25. Ludwig K. Isoplot/Ex, version 3: A geochronological toolkit for Microsoft Excel: Berkeley 2003, Geochronology Center, Berkeley, California.
26. Lyons P.C., Krueger H.W. Petrology, chemistry and age of the Rattlesnake Pluton and implications for other alkalic granite plutons of southern New England. Geological Society of America Memoir 1976, vol.146:71-102.
27. Maria A., Hermes O.D. Volcanic rocks in the Narragansett Basin, southeastern New England: petrology and significance to early basin formation. American Journal of Science 2001, 301:285-312.
28. Moran P.C., Barr S.M., White C.E., Hamilton M.A. Petrology, age, and tectonic setting of the Seal Island Pluton, offshore southwestern Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 2007, 44:1467-1478.
29. Murphy J.B., Nance D. Sm-Nd isotopic systematics as tectonic tracers: an example from west Avalonia in the Canadian Appalachians. Earth Science Reviews 2002, 59:77-100.
30. Nance R.D., Murphy J.B., Strachan R.A., Keppie J.D., Gutierrez-Alonso G., Fernandez-Suarez J., Quesada C., Linnemann U., D'lemos R., Pisarevsky S.A. Neoproterozoic-Early Palaeozoic tectonostratigraphy and palaeogeography of the peri-Gondwanan terranes: Amazonian West African connections. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2008, vol. 297:345-383. N. Ennih, J.-P. Liegeois (Eds.).
31. Paige, M.L., 1991. The petrology, geochemistry and tectonic setting of the Cape Ann Complex, eastern Massashusetts [M.S. thesis]: Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA), 309 p.
32. Pearce J.A., Harris N.B., Tindle A.G. Trace element discrimination diagrams for the tectonic interpretation of granitic rocks. Journal of Petrology 1984, 25:956-983.
33. Reichow M.K., Litvinovsky B.A., Parrish R.R., Saunders A.D. Multi-stage emplacement of alkaline and peralkaline syenite-granite suites in the Mongolian-Transbaikalian Belt, Russia: evidence from U-Pb geochronology and whole rock geochemistry. Chemical Geology 2010, 273:120-135.
34. 39Ar laser dating of zoned white micas from the Lake Lewis leucogranite, South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Canadian Mineralogist 2004, 42:1129-1137. 10.2113/gscanmin.42.4.1129.
35. Sears J.H. The Physical Geography, Geology, Mineralogy, and Paleontology of Essex County: Salem 1905, Essex Institute, MA.
36. Sláma J., Košler J., Condon D.J., Crowley J.L., Gerdes A., Hanchar J.M., Horstwood M.S.A., Morris G.A., Nasdala L., Norberg N., Schaltegger U., Xchoene B., Tubrett M.N., Whitehouse M.J. Plešovice zircon - a new natural reference material for U-Pb and Hf isotopic microanalysis. Chemical Geology 2007, 249:1-35.
37. Steiger R.H., Jäger H. Subcommission on geochronology: convention on the use of decay constants in geo- and cosmochronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 1977, 36:359-362.
38. Sun S.-S., McDonough W.F. Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes. Geological Society, London 1989, vol. 42:313-345. A.D. Saunders, M.J. Norry (Eds.).
39. Tafti R., Mortensen J.K., Lang J.R., Rebagliati M., Oliver J.L. Jurassic U-Pb and Re-Os ages for newly discovered Xietongmen Cu-Au porphyry district, Tibet: implications for metallogenic epochs in the southern Gangdese Belt. Economic Geology 2009, 104:127-136.
40. Thompson M.D., Hermes O.D. Early rifting in the Narragansett basin, Massachusetts-Rhode Island: Evidence from Late Devonian bimodal volcanic rocks. Journal of Geology 2003, 111:597-604.
41. Thompson M.D., Ramezani J. Refined ages of Paleozoic plutons as constraints on Avalonian accretion in southeastern New England. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 2008, v. 40:14. no. 2.
42. Thompson M.D., Ramezani J., Barr S.M., Hermes O.D. High precision U-Pb zircon dates for Ediacaran granitoid rocks in SE New England: revised magmatic chronology and correlation with other Avalonian terranes. From Rodinia to Pangea: the Lithotectonic Record of the Appalachian Region. Geological Society of America Memoir 2010, 206:231-250. R.P. Tollo, M.J. Bartholomew, J.P. Hibbard, P.M. Karabinos (Eds.).
43. Toulmin P. Notes on a peralkaline granite from Cashes Ledge, Gulf of Maine. American Mineralogist 1957, 42:912-915.
44. Tucker R.D., Osberg P.H., Berry H.N. The geology of a part of Acadia and the nature of the Acadian orogeny across central and eastern Maine. American Journal of Science 2001, 301:205-260.
45. Uchupi E., Bolmer S.T. Geologic evolution of the Gulf of Maine region. Earth-Science Reviews 2008, 91:27-76.
46. Van Achterbergh E., Ryan C.G., Jackson S.E., Griffin W.L. Data reduction software for LA-ICP-MS: appendix. Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course Series 2001, vol. 29:239-243. P.J. Sylvester (Ed.).
47. Van Staal C.R. Pre-Carboniferous metallogeny of the Canadian Appalachians. Mineral Deposits Division, Geological Association of Canada, Special Publication 2007, vol. 5:793-818. W.D. Goodfellow (Ed.).
48. Van Staal C.R., Whalen J.B., Valverde-Vaquero P., Zagorevski A., Rogers N. Pre-carboniferous. Episodic accretion-related orogenesis along the Laurentian margin of the northern Appalachians. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2009, vol. 327:271-316. J.B. Murphy, J.D. Keppie, A.J. Hynes (Eds.).
49. Walker, J.D., Geissman, J.W., compilers, 2009. Geologic Time Scale: Geological Society of America, doi: 10.1130/2009.CTS004R2C.
50. Warren C.H. Petrology of the alkali granites and porphyries of Quincy and the Blue Hills, Massachusetts. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 49 1913, 317-323.
51. Warren C.H., McKinstry H.E. The granites and pegmatites of Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1924, 59:315-357.
52. Washington H.S. The petrographical province of Essex County, Massachusetts. V. General discussion and conclusions. Journal of Geology 1898, 7:463-482.
53. Watts B.G., Dorais M.J., Wintsch R.P. Geochemistry of Early Devonian calc-alkaline plutons in the Merrimack Belt: implications for mid-Paleozoic terrane relationships in the New England Appalachians. Atlantic Geology 2000, 36:79-102.
54. Whalen J.B., Currie K.L., Chappell B.W. A-type granites; geochemical characteristics, discrimination and petrogenesis. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 1987, 95:407-419.
55. Whalen J.B., Fyffe L.R., Longstaffe F.J., Jenner G.A. The position and nature of the Gander-Avalon boundary, southern New Brunswick, based on geochemical and isotopic data from granitoid rocks. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 1996, 33:129-139.
56. Zartman R.E. Geochronology of some alkalic rock provinces in eastern and central United States. Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences 1977, 5:257-286.
57. Zartman R.E., Marvin R.F. Radiometric age (Late Ordovician) of the Quincy, Cape Ann and Peabody granites from eastern Massachusetts. Geological Society of America Bulletin 1971, 82:937-958.
58. Zen E-an Bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts: Reston, Virginia, U.S. Geological Survey, 1:250,000, 2 sheets 1983.