| Title | Structural geology of the Meta Incognita thrust belt, south Baffin Island, Northwest Territories |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Hanmer, S; St-Onge, M R; Scott, D J |
| Source | Canadian Shield/Bouclier canadien; by Geological Survey of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research no. 1996-C, 1996 p. 73-81, https://doi.org/10.4095/207445  Open Access |
| Year | 1996 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Canadian Shield
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| File format | pdf |
| Province | Nunavut |
| NTS | 25K/11; 25K/12; 25L/09; 25L/10; 25M/01; 25M/02; 25K/13; 25K/14; 25L/15; 25L/16; 25M/08; 25N |
| Area | Baffin Island; Meta Incognita Peninsula; Lake Harbour; Iqaluit; Frobisher Bay |
| Lat/Long WENS | -71.0000 -68.0000 64.0000 62.5000 |
| Subjects | structural geology; faults, thrust; foliation; folds; structural trends; structural controls; shearing; structural features; lithology; plutonic rocks; tonalites; igneous rocks; mylonites; metamorphic
rocks; structural interpretations; structural analyses; Meta Incognita thrust belt; Cumberland Batholith; Cape Smith Fold Belt; Precambrian |
| Illustrations | sketch maps; photographs; cross-sections |
| Released | 1996 02 01 |
| Abstract | The principal structural components of Meta Incognita Peninsula, south Baffin Island, include a widespread penetrative foliation, four arrays of kinematically linked thrusts, and southwest-vergent folds
up to tens of kilometres in wavelength. These structures collectively comprise the southwest-vergent Meta Incognita thrust belt. The thrusts are intruded and structurally overlain to the northeast by the Cumberland Batholith. The generalized
structural sequence starts with formation of a low-angle foliation, followed by regional thrusting, folding, and localized strike-slip shearing. All preserved deformation structures formed at granulite facies. The Meta Incognita thrust belt is
interpreted as the high temperature equivalent of the Cape Smith thrust belt, Ungava Orogen, northern Quebec. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 207445 |
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