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1. Petrology and tectonic setting of the Park Spur pluton, central Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia, Canada

Author

Smith, Amanda M., Barr, Sandra M., and White, Chris E.

Subjects
Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia -- Natural history, Petrology -- Research, Geological research, Tectonics (Geology) -- Research, Earth sciences
Abstract

The Park Spur pluton (PSP) is located in the central Cape Breton Highlands, near the eastern margin of the Aspy terrane and its tectonic contact with the adjacent Bras d'Or [...]

Published
2022

2. Petrological and U-Pb zircon age constraints for metamorphic rocks of the northeastern Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia, Canada: new insights into the geological history of the Aspy terrane

Author

Grant, Caleb J., Barr, Sandra M., Archibald, Donnelly B., and Van Rooyen, Deanne

Subjects
Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia -- Natural history, Petrology -- Research, Lead -- Natural history, Geological research, Rocks, Metamorphic -- Natural history, Earth sciences
Abstract

Geological mapping, petrological studies, and U-Pb (zircon) dating were done to better characterize metasedimentary and metaigneous rock units in the northeastern Aspy terrane, Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia. Foliated biotite [...]

Published
2021

3. Extent and timing of deformation and metamorphism associated with the Eastern Highlands shear zone, central Cape Breton Highlands, Nova Scotia, Canada

Author

Sunatori, Evelyne, Rooyen, Deanne Van, Barr, Sandra M., and White, Chris E.

Subjects
Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia -- Natural history, Shear (Mechanics) -- Research, Metamorphism (Geology) -- Research, Geological research, Deformations (Mechanics) -- Environmental aspects, Earth sciences
Abstract

The Aspy and Bras d'Or terranes in northern Cape Breton Island are both interpreted as part of Ganderia in the northern Appalachian orogen but contrasts in rock types, ages, and [...]

Published
2022

4. Thin-skinned debris flows in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada

Author

Wahl, Kimberly, Spooner, Ian, and Colville, David

Subjects
Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia -- Natural history, Canada -- Natural history, Slopes (Physical geography) -- Natural history, Landslides -- Nova Scotia -- Canada, Earth sciences, Natural history
Abstract

ABSTRACT Landslides are common in Nova Scotia, particularly within the highly incised river valleys of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. They have resulted in the modification of habitat and [...]

Published
2007

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