Late Devonian lamprophyric dykes in the Meguma Zone of Nova Scotia

1989/03/01 by R. M. F. Kempster, D. B. Clarke, P. H. Reynolds +1 · 5 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils #Geological formations and processes

paper · doi:10.1139/e89-052

Abstract

Hornblende-rich lamprophyric dykes from southeastern Nova Scotia are contemporaneous with the large peraluminous granitic batholiths (ca. 370 Ma) of the Meguma Zone and may be closely associated with their origin.

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