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Is the Kapuskasing structure the site of a cryptic sutureThe demonstration that the Kapuskasing structure involves substantial thrusting of deep continental crustal rocks over shallower continental rocks calls into question an earlier suggestion (by Wilson) that the Circum-Ungaua suture zone continued through the Kapuskasing to join the Penokean fold belt (implying that the Kapuskasing marked the site of what has since come to be called a cryptic suture). Problems are discussed which arose in attempting to reconcile Wilson's idea with data from more recent studies: whether the Kapuskasing and the Thompson belt both mark sutures of about 1700 Ma age; why there is no age difference across the Kapuskasing if it does mark the site of continental collision, and why there is no offset of Superior subprovinces across the Kapuskasing.
Document ID
19840012881
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Burke, K.
(State Univ. of New York Albany, NY, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1983
Publication Information
Publication: Lunar and Planetary Inst. Workshop on a Cross Section of Archean Crust
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
84N20949
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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