| Title | Thematic structural studies in the Slave Province: preliminary results and implications for the Yellowknife Domain, Northwest Territories |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Bleeker, W ;
Beaumont-Smith, C |
| Source | Canadian Shield/Bouclier canadien; by Geological Survey of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research no. 1995-C, 1995 p. 87-96, https://doi.org/10.4095/202908  Open Access |
| Year | 1995 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English; French |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Canadian Shield
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| File format | pdf |
| Province | Northwest Territories |
| NTS | 85I/02; 85I/03; 85I/06; 85I/07; 85I/09; 85I/10; 85I/11 |
| Area | Watta Lake; Hearne Lake; Ross Lake; Donore Lake; Victory Lake; Tumpline Lake |
| Lat/Long WENS | -113.5000 -112.0000 62.7500 62.0000 |
| Subjects | structural geology; structural interpretations; structural analyses; folding; structural features; metamorphism; emplacement; metamorphism, retrograde; shear zones; Yellowknife Domain; Slave Province;
Sleepy Dragon Complex; Precambrian |
| Illustrations | sketch maps; cross-sections; photographs |
| Released | 1995 01 01 |
| Abstract | Preliminary results indicate that the structure of the area is dominated by two phases of regional folding that produce mushroom-type interference patterns. The Sleepy Dragon Complex is such a
regional-scale interference structure. Its geometry and timing of formation contradict the hypothesis that the complex represents a core complex. They also cast doubt on previous kinematic studies. F2 folding was a response to dextral transpression
during which both the Defeat Suite and Prosperous Suite granitoids were emplaced. Regional low-pressure metamorphism is largely late-D2 and associated with granitoid emplacement. Following F2 folding, D2 dextral transpression became localized in
discrete dextral shear zones that record retrograde metamorphism. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 202908 |
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