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Table of contents:

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 1
A. Purpose 1
B. Previous work 3
C. Field work 5
CHAPTER II. REGIONAL GEOLOGY 8
CHAPTER III. THE LEWIS HILLS COMPARED TO THE NORTHERN AREAS OF THE BAY OF ISLAND COMPLEX 18
CHAPTER IV. PETROGRAPHY 23
A. Introduction 23
B. Rocks of the Basal Metamorphic Aureole 24
C. Ultramafic Metamorphic Tectonites 26
D. Megalens Rocks 26
CHAPTER V. STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY 39
A. Introduction 39
B. Metamorphic Aureole and Basal Contact 43
C. Ultramafic Tectonites 47
D. Massive Dunite 47
E. Layered Megalenses 49
AREA I 52
II 56
III 59
IV 71
V 75
VI 76
VII 78
Areas with High Strain Facies 79
F. Hines Pond Metagabbros 80
G. Gabbro Ultramafic Layering and Fabrics in Ophiolite Complexes 87
H. History of Deformation and Igneous Activity 94
CHAPTER VI. SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND SPECULATIONS 104
BIBLIOGRAPHY 115
APPENDIX I. CONTOURED STEREOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS OF FOLIATIONS AND LINEATIONS IN THE HINES POND AREA 122
 

Karson, J.A., 1975. Structural Studies in the Mafic and Ultramafic Rocks of the Lewis Hills, Western Newfoundland. Unpublished MSc. thesis, State University of New York at Albany. 125pp., +vi; 1 plate (map).
University at Albany Science Library call number:  SCIENCE Oversize (*) QE 446 N4 K37X

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