Abstracts
Abstract
The Cabot Fault Zone (CFZ) in the western Newfoundland Appalachian orogen is a long-lived crustal-scale tectonic zone that separates the Corner Brook Lake block (CBLB) of the internal Humber Zone from the Dashwoods block of the western Dunnage Zone. The two blocks comprise different tectonostratigraphic assemblages and had distinct Early Palaeozoic tectonic histories. Using field and microscopic observations, five phases of deformation have been recognized in the CFZ, demonstrating a progressive evolution of the tectonic zone from mid-crustal levels (D1 gneisses and D2 mylonites) to shallow-crustal levels (D5 cataclasites). Integrating available geochronological data, the CFZ has recorded a protracted history of dominant oblique-dextral transcurrent movement, as evidenced by well-developed Late Ordovician–earliest Silurian (post-Taconic) D1 and late Early Silurian to Early Devonian (post-Salinic) D2 fabrics. Large-scale (i.e., 100s of km) of Early Palaeozoic orogen-parallel movement along the CFZ can explain the present-day juxtaposition of the distinct CBLB and the Dashwoods block. Such large-scale orogen-parallel motion implies that presently neighbouring terranes could have been far apart during convergence and ocean closures, which has significant implications for tectonic interpretation of the Early Palaeozoic evolution of the Newfoundland Appalachian orogen.
Keywords:
- Cabot Fault Zone,
- Newfoundland Appalachian orogen,
- mylonite,
- Dashwoods Block,
- orogen-parallel shear zones
Résumé
La zone de la faille de Cabot (ZFC) dans l’orogène appalachien de l’ouest de Terre-Neuve est une zone tectonique d’échelle crustale de longue durée qui sépare le bloc du lac Corner Brook (BLCB), une partie de la zone interne de Humber, du bloc de Dashwoods, situé dans l’ouest de la zone de Dunnage. Les deux blocs renferment des assemblages tectonostratigraphiques distincts et ont des passés tectoniques du début du Paléozoïque distincts. Des observations sur le terrain et des analyses microscopiques ont permis la reconnaissance de cinq phases de déformation dans la ZFC, ce qui témoigne d’une évolution progressive de la zone tectonique depuis des niveaux intermédiaires (gneiss D1 et mylonites D2) à des niveaux superficiels (cataclasites D5) de la croûte. L’intégration des données géochronologiques disponibles révèle que la ZFC recèle un passé prolongé à prédominance de décrochements obliques dextres, tel qu’en témoignent les fabriques matures D1 de l’Ordovicien tardif au tout début du Silurien (post-Taconien) et D2 de la fin du Silurien précoce au Dévonien précoce (post-Salinien). Des déplacements orogéniques parallèles de forte ampleur (c.-à-d. de plusieurs centaines de kilomètres) le long de la ZFC durant le Paléozoïque précoce peuvent expliquer la juxtaposition actuelle du BLCB et du bloc de Dashwoods, pourtant distincts. De tels mouvements orogéniques parallèles à grande échelle laissent supposer que des terranes aujourd’hui voisins ont pu être largement séparés durant la convergence et la fermeture des océans, ce qui a des implications déterminantes sur l’interprétation tectonique de l’évolution paléozoïque précoce de l’orogène appalachien de Terre-Neuve.
Mots-clés :
- Zone de faille de Cabot,
- orogène des Appalaches de Terre-Neuve,
- mylonite,
- bloc de Dashwoods,
- zones de cisaillement parallèles à l'orogène
Appendices
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