Seismic images of a Grenvillian terrane boundary
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Abstract
A series of gently dipping reflection zones extending to mid-crustal depths is recorded by seismic data from Lakes Ontario and Erie. These prominent reflection zones define a broad complex of southeast-dipping ductile thrust faults in the interior of the Grenville orogen. One major reflection zone provides the first image of a proposed Grenvillian suture—the listric boundary zone between allochthonous terranes of the Central Gneiss and Central Metasedimentary belts. Curvilinear bands of reflections that may represent "ramp folds" and "ramp anticlines" that originally formed in a deep crustal-scale duplex abut several faults. Vertical stacking of some curvilinear features suggests coeval or later out-of-sequence faulting of imbricated and folded thrust sheets. Grenvillian structure reflections are overlain by a thin, wedge-shaped package of shallow-dipping reflections that probably originates from sediments deposited in a local half graben developed during a period of post-Grenville extension. This is the first seismic evidence for such extension in this region, which could have occurred during terminal collapse of the Grenville orogen, or could have marked the beginning of pre-Appalachian continental rifting.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Seismic images of a Grenvillian terrane boundary |
| Series title | Geology |
| DOI | 10.1130/0091-7613(1992)020<1027:SIOAGT>2.3.CO;2 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Year Published | 1992 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Geological Society of America |
| Publisher location | Boulder, CO |
| Contributing office(s) | Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 1027 |
| Last page | 1030 |
| Country | United States |
| Other Geospatial | Lake Erie, Lake Ontario |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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