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Volcanism of Eastern Canada

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on the north side of the bay. Large dikes 4 m (13 ft) to 30 m (98 ft) wide exist throughout southernmost New Brunswick with ages and compositions similar to the North Mountain basalt, indicating these dikes were the source for North Mountain lava flows. However, North Mountain is
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range in age from 2,040 to 1,870 million years old called the Povungnituk volcano-sedimentary Group and the Chukotat Group. The Belcher Islands in eastern Hudson Bay contain two volcanic sequences known as the Flaherty and Eskimo volcanics. The Fox River Belt consists of volcanics, sills
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and sediments some 1,883 million years old while magmatism of the Thompson Belt is dated to 1,880 million years old. To the south lies the 1,864 million year old Winnipegosis komatiites. In the Animikie Basin near Lake Superior, volcanism is dated 1,880 million years old.
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west of the Monteregian Hills might be due either to failure of the New England mantle plume to pass through massive strong rock of the Canadian Shield, the lack of noticeable intrusions, or to strengthening of the New England mantle plume when it approached the Monteregian Hills region.
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in central Manitoba, and on the southern side of the Superior craton in the Animikie Basin of northwestern Ontario. Two volcano-sedimentary sequences exist in the Labrador Trough with ages of 2,170-2,140 million years and 1,883-1,870 million years. In the Cape Smith Belt, two
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consists of basaltic and komatiitic volcanics ranging in age from 2,925 to 2,940 million years old and younger rhyolite-andesite volcanics ranging in age from 2,730 to 2,750 million years old. It is situated in the western portion of the
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period at least 143 million years ago. They may have one or two origins. The Fogo Seamounts could have formed along fracture zones in the Atlantic seafloor because of the large number of seamounts on the North American
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in the vicinity of Lake Superior. The hotspot made a dome that covered the Lake Superior area. Voluminous basaltic lava flows erupted from the central axis of the rift, similar to the rifting that formed the
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between eastern North America and northwestern Africa. As the Fundy Basin continued to form 201 million years ago, a series of basaltic lava flows were erupted, forming a volcanic mountain range on the
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the remnants of a larger volcanic feature that has now been largely eroded based on the existence of basin border faults and erosion. The hard basaltic ridge of North Mountain resisted the grinding of
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as islands that would have been volcanically active. Their flatness is due to coastal erosion, such as waves and winds. Other submarine volcanoes offshore of Eastern Canada include the poorly studied
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extends 150 km (93 mi) north into mainland Ontario where it forms a geological formation known as the Nipigon Embayment. This failed arm includes
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lavas in the Abitibi greenstone belt (pictured) occur in four lithotectonic assemblages known as Pacaud, Stoughton-Roquemaure, Kidd-Munro and Tisdale. The
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that would have been active 125 million years ago, or as intrusions that never breached the surface in volcanic activity. The lack of a noticeable
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in northeastern Ontario. Another period of kimberlite volcanism occurred in northeastern Ontario 154 to 134 million years ago, creating the
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in the Atlantic Ocean, based on the existence of older seamounts to the northwest and younger seamounts to the southeast. The existence of
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were joined. During the formation of the Fundy Basin, volcanic activity never stopped as shown by the going eruption of lava along the
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in Ontario and Quebec is one of the largest Archean greenstone belts on Earth and one of the youngest parts of the
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in southern Quebec. These intrusive stocks have been variously interpreted as the feeder intrusions of long
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periods. The source for this volcanism was a long-lived and stationary area of molten rock called the
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constitutes a large igneous province extending for more than 3,400 km (2,113 mi) from the
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throughout the Fogo Seamount chain indicate some of these seamounts would once have stood above
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further south is interpreted to be a southwestern extension of the Abitibi greenstone belt.
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in the north. This series of lava flows cover most of the Fundy Basin and extend under the
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period 1,109 million years ago, northwestern Ontario began to split apart to form the
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Sleep, Norman H. (December 1990). "Monteregian hotspot track: A long-lived mantle plume".
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area were formed from basaltic magma. The upwelling of this magma was the result of a
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The Distribution of Ancient Volcanic Rocks along the Eastern Border of North America.
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R. A. Sproule; C. M. Lesher; M. G. Houle; R. R. Keays; J. A. Ayer; P. C. Thurson.
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Georgia Pe-Piper; Ashely de Jonge; David J.W. Piper; Lubomir F. Jansa (2003).
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period, Atlantic Canada lay roughly in the middle of a giant continent called
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lowlands region of northern Ontario 180 million years ago, creating the
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Periods of volcanic activity occurred throughout central Canada during the
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where parts of it are exposed on the shore at the rural community of
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mountain of the Monteregian Hills in southern Quebec formed by the
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Komatiite sample collected in the Abitibi greenstone belt near
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Volcanic history of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
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began to fracture 220 million years ago when the Earth's
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sill related to volcanism of the Midcontinent Rift System in
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was being pulled apart from extensional stress, creating a
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Becker, J. K., Benn, K., and Ayer, J. (November 8, 2001).
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Basal contact of a lava flow section of the Fundy Basin
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which sequentially forms part of the Canadian Shield.
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includes the hundreds of volcanic areas and extensive
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Joint Review- wildlife review assessment and comments
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Newsletter of Canadian Volcanology and Geology no. 65
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Archived from 969:Brochure on Five Islands Provincial Park 1025: 1023: 1021: 577: 80:containing a rare volcanic rock called 1903:List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes 1613:Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province 1358:Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province 1058: 1056: 1054: 1052: 1050: 956: 954: 859: 857: 739:May "Volcanic Prodidence of the Month" 728: 726: 724: 722: 720: 718: 716: 633: 828: 826: 824: 822: 793: 791: 761: 759: 757: 755: 583: 581: 56:. They are represented by deep-level 20:Eastern Canada, defined politically. 7: 2009:Geology of Newfoundland and Labrador 1432:Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field 1330:Northern Alberta kimberlite province 698:. Grandview Gold Inc. Archived from 170:The 1884-1864 million year old 76:(3,800-2,500 million years ago) age 1343:Buffalo Head Hills kimberlite field 1036:. J. Gregory McHone, Sandra M. Barr 895:"A geological heritage to discover" 655:Fafu Zeng & Albert J. Calvert. 318:New England or Great Meteor hotspot 182:and northeastern Quebec though the 1753:Kanichee layered intrusive complex 1526:High Arctic Large Igneous Province 14: 1723:Lake Timiskaming kimberlite field 871:. August 10, 2005. Archived from 413:formed as a result of continuous 334:Lake Timiskaming kimberlite field 1768:Mackenzie Large Igneous Province 1632:Sverdrup Basin Magmatic Province 1564:Mackenzie Large Igneous Province 1336:Birch Mountains kimberlite field 1306:Mackenzie Large Igneous Province 1222:Fort à la Corne kimberlite field 962:"Five Islands Provinincial Park" 455:, and now forms one side of the 109:The 2,677 million year old 1943:Porphyry Island Provincial Park 1787:Marathon Large Igneous Province 1490:Franklin Large Igneous Province 925:Journal of Geophysical Research 1948:Tuya Mountains Provincial Park 1893:Itcha Ilgachuz Provincial Park 1716:Kirkland Lake kimberlite field 1072:Geophysical Research Abstracts 330:Kirkland Lake kimberlite field 1: 1665:Attawapiskat kimberlite field 1251:Garibaldi Lake volcanic field 1151:Satah Mountain volcanic field 622:Geological Society of America 326:Attawapiskat kimberlite field 1923:Mount Edziza Provincial Park 1817:Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt 1758:Lac des Îles igneous complex 1559:Lac de Gras kimberlite field 1288:Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents 996:Jones, Jon (June 11, 2007). 561:Volcanism of Northern Canada 1994:Volcanism of Eastern Canada 1908:List of volcanoes in Canada 1642:Yellowknife greenstone belt 1619:Fort Selkirk volcanic field 1511:Gahcho Kué kimberlite pipes 1465:Cameron River Volcanic Belt 1301:Kodiak–Bowie Seamount chain 1258:Mount Cayley volcanic field 1180:Winnipegosis komatiite belt 841:Geological Survey of Canada 566:List of volcanoes in Canada 556:Volcanism of Western Canada 459:in the western part of the 208:Winnipegosis komatiite belt 42:types of volcanic eruptions 26:volcanism of Eastern Canada 2035: 1958:Wells Gray Provincial Park 1898:Lava Forks Provincial Park 1743:Hunt River greenstone belt 1710:Great Meteor hotspot track 1685:Chambers-Strathy Batholith 1539:Ellesmere Island Volcanics 1521:Great Meteor hotspot track 1475:Churchill kimberlite field 1159:Bird River greenstone belt 1883:Garibaldi Provincial Park 1320:Metchosin Igneous Complex 1217:Flin Flon greenstone belt 931:(B13). 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Index


lava
Eastern Canada
tectonic
types of volcanic eruptions
lava eruptions
explosive eruptions
large igneous provinces
plumbing systems
dike swarms
sill
intrusions
Archean
greenstone belts
komatiite

Englehart, Ontario
Abitibi greenstone belt
Superior craton
Komatiite
Swayze greenstone belt

Archean
Red Lake greenstone belt
Northwestern Ontario
Uchi Subprovince
Circum-Superior Belt
Labrador Trough
Labrador
Cape Smith Belt

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