Geologic History of the Eastern Canadian Provinces: Quebec and Ontario Provinces PDF Download

Author: William Szary
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ISBN: 9781086984712
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Languages : en
Pages : 288

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The second book in the Canadian Province geologic history focuses on the Archean, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras of Quebec and Ontario's geologic history. Quebec's geologic history presents the Superior Province and associated structural deformation, metamorphism, paleo-topography, and collisional accretionary processes. The Ungava Orogeny discussion includes tectonic elements and tectonostratigraphic elements of the domains with the terrane as they related to the Superior Province. The Grenville Province is next, addressing the framework, the Grenville Front and tectonic zones and allochthonous terranes within Quebec including plutonic and intrusive activities. The Appalachian Allochthon and parautochthon are presented in terms of the Paleozoic Humber and Dunnage zones, provenance, and depositional environments, paleogeography, and tectonics in Part I. This section ends with a presentation of the St. Lawrence Platform and estuary system.Part II addresses the geology of the Ontario's Superior Province, Grenville, and Quaternary Period of glaciation. Most sedimentary cover was removed from the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic Eras by glaciation.The contents were extracted from the Canadian Geological Survey professional papers, modified to enhance the figures and simplify the text presentation. Ontario's geology was extracted from the Ontario's Ministry of Northern Development and Mines RockOn series.