Petrology, Tectonic Setting, and Economic Potential of Devonian Peraluminous Granitoid Plutons in the Canso and Forest Hill Areas, Eastern Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia

Petrology, Tectonic Setting, and Economic Potential of Devonian Peraluminous Granitoid Plutons in the Canso and Forest Hill Areas, Eastern Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia
Author: J. D. Hill
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1991
Genre: Geology
ISBN: 9780660138374

Petrological studies of igneous rocks are carried out to gain a better understanding of the geological evolution and economic potential of particular regions. The Meguma Terrane in mainland NS consists primarily of peraluminous granitoid plutons which intrude Cambro-Ordovician metasedimentary rocks of the Meguma Group. Interest in granitoid plutons has been stimulated in recent years by the discovery of granite-hosted mineralization such as the East Kemptville tin deposit. Two segments of the eastern Meguma Terrane, the Canso and Forest Hill regions, were selected for an integrated program involving mapping, structural analysis, petrography, geochemistry and isotopic investigation. This report presents the results of the program.

Geology of the Appalachian—Caledonian Orogen in Canada and Greenland

Geology of the Appalachian—Caledonian Orogen in Canada and Greenland
Author: Harold Williams
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 951
Release: 1995
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813754518

This volume focuses on the Canadian Appalachian region. The chapter on the East Greenland Caledonides stands alone and there is no attempt to integrate the geological accounts of the two far removed regions. Rocks of the Canadian Appalachian region are described under four broad temporal divisions: lower Paleozoic and older, middle Paleozoic, upper Paleozoic, and Mesozoic. The rocks of these temporal divisions define geographic zones, belts, basins, and graben, respectively. The area is of special interest because so many modern concepts of mountain building are based on Appalachian rocks & structures.

The Nature of Magmatism in the Appalachian Orogen

The Nature of Magmatism in the Appalachian Orogen
Author: A. Krishna Sinha
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 892
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780813711911

The thermal evolution of mountain belts is recorded inthe distribution, origin and ages of magnatism. In this volume, petrologic, isotopic and geochemical evidence is presented to highlight the contribution of igneous rocks to the evolution of the Appalachian Orogen in both Canada and the United States. These papers emphasize the use of modern geochemical and petrologic data to discriminate the sources yielding magmas, and thus the nature of the crust and mantle.