Early Paleozoic development of the Maine-Quebec boundary Mountains region

C. C. Gerbi; S. E. Johnson; J. N. Aleinikoff; J. H. Bédard; G. R. Dunning; C. M. Fanning

doi:10.1139/E05-113

Early Paleozoic development of the Maine-Quebec boundary Mountains region

C. C. Gerbi^*, S. E. Johnson, J. N. Aleinikoff, J. H. Bédard, G. R. Dunning, C. M. Fanning

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Pre-Silurian bedrock units played key roles in the early Paleozoic history of the Maine-Quebec Appalachians. These units represent peri-Laurentian material whose collision with the craton deformed the Neoproteozoic passive margin and initiated the Appalachian mountain-building cycle. We present new field, petrological, geochronological, and geochemical data to support the following interpretations related to these units. (1) The Boil Mountain Complex and Jim Pond Formation do not represent part of a coherent ophiolite. (2) Gabbro and tonalite of the Boil Mountain Complex intruded the Chain Lakes massif at ca. 477 Ma. (3) The Skinner pluton, an arc-related granodiorite, intruded the Chain Lakes massif at ca. 472 Ma. (4) The Attean pluton, with a reconfirmed age of ca. 443 Ma, is unrelated to Early Ordovician orogenesis. (5) The most likely timing for the juxtaposition of the Jim Pond Formation and the Boil Mountain Complex was during regional Devonian deformation. These interpretations suggest that the Boundary Mountains were once part of a series of arcs extending at least from central New England through Newfoundland.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	367-389
Number of pages	23
Journal	Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Volume	43
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1139/E05-113
Publication status	Published - Mar 2006

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