AbstractsEarth & Environmental Science
Geology and petrology of the anorthosite and associated rocks of the Chertsey map-area.
| Institution: | McGill University |
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| Department: | Department of Geological Sciences. |
| Degree: | PhD |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Keywords: | Geological Sciences. |
| Record ID: | 1519355 |
| Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile125070.pdf |
Abstract
The area covers the eastern portion of the Morin anorthosite massif north of Montreal. The mapped geological units include a zone of coarse anorthosite of the "Ashton facies", a quite broad zone of sheared anorthosite of the "Chertsey facies", concordant bodies of sheared quartz mangerite, and an elongated boss of unsheared alaskite; rocks of the Grenville series bound the massif on its eastern side and form several 'inclusions' within the anorthosite and the mangerite. [...]
