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Geochemistry and geochronology of the Bay of Islands metamorphic sole, Newfoundland, Canada: Protoliths and implications for subduction initiation

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The Bay of Islands complex, Newfoundland, Canada, represents a fossil subduction system that was obducted onto the Laurentian margin during the Taconic Orogeny. We present whole-rock geochemistry and geochronology for the Bay of Islands metamorphic sole from the Table Mountain and North Arm Mountain massifs. The Bay of Islands metamorphic sole can be subdivided into three units: a high metamorphic-grade Grt-Cpx amphibolite and Grt-Cpx granulite unit, a medium metamorphic-grade common amphibolite unit, and a medium metamorphic-grade metasedimentary-dominated unit. Based on their major and trace element contents, two types of protoliths can be inferred for the Bay of Islands sole metabasites: cumulate gabbroic protoliths with high Mg numbers and depleted trace element contents, and basaltic protoliths with trace element contents defining a normal mid-oceanic-ridge basalt (N-MORB) affinity. Titanite in situ U-Pb analyses of two common amphibolite samples yield dates of 486 ± 7 Ma and 484 ± 4 Ma, which are interpreted as a metamorphic age (ca. 485 Ma). One sample from the metasedimentary unit yields detrital zircon dates that range from Archean to Ordovician, with the youngest dates defining the most dominant peak at ca. 490 Ma. This youngest peak is consistent with an arc-related source that may be linked with arc magmatism of the upper plate during the Taconic Orogeny. These observations suggest that (1) the subduction responsible for the formation of the Bay of Islands complex nucleated in an oceanic domain before ca. 485 Ma; and (2) the sediments that form the metasedimentary unit were partly sourced from the upper plate and were deposited on the lower plate while subduction was active.

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insu-04360095 , version 1 (21-12-2023)

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François Fournier-Roy, Carl Guilmette, Kyle Larson, Antoine Godet, Mathieu Soret, et al.. Geochemistry and geochronology of the Bay of Islands metamorphic sole, Newfoundland, Canada: Protoliths and implications for subduction initiation. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 2023, ⟨10.1130/B36662.1⟩. ⟨insu-04360095⟩
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