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Record W1964032019 · doi:10.4138/atlgeol.2012.004

The Cape Porcupine Complex, northern mainland Nova Scotia – no longer a geological orphan

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Sandra M. Barr, Chris E. White, John W.F. Ketchum

Bibliographic record

VenueAtlantic Geology · 2012
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEarth and Planetary Sciences
TopicGeological and Geochemical Analysis
Canadian institutionsGovernment of Northwest TerritoriesTechnical University of Nova ScotiaNova Scotia Department of EnergyAcadia University
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
KeywordsGeologyGeochemistryZirconVolcanic rockPlutonAlkali feldsparFeldsparIgneous rockQuartzVolcanoTectonicsPaleontology

Abstract

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The Cape Porcupine Complex west of the Strait of Canso in northern mainland Nova Scotia consists of mainly fault-bounded units of metasedimentary, metavolcanic, and granitoid rocks. A previously reported U-Pb (zircon) age of 610 ± 3 Ma from syenogranite combined with petrological characteristics indicates that some of the granitic rocks and possibly an associated body of leucodiorite are Late Neoproterozoic. In contrast, alkali-feldspar granite from a more extensive suite of quartz alkali-feldspar syenite/alkali-feldspar syenite, alkali-feldspar granite/syenogranite, and quartz alkali-feldspar leucosyenite with A-type characteristics yielded an early Ordovician age of 478 ± 3 Ma. Similar A-type chemical characteristics suggest that the metavolcanic unit may be the extrusive equivalent of the Ordovician suite.Similarities in age and petrological characteristics indicate that the Cape Porcupine Complex is linked to rock units in the Antigonish Highlands. The ca. 610 Ma granitic rocks are likely related to plutonic and volcanic rocks of similar age in the Antigonish Highlands interpreted to have formed at a continental margin subduction zone. In contrast the A-type syenitic and metavolcanic rocks are probably related to the compositionally similar West Barneys River plutonic suite and younger volcanic rocks formed in an extensional regime. Such rocks do not occur in adjacent Ganderia or Avalonia in Cape Breton Island or southern New Brunswick, further demonstrating the regional significance of the Canso Fault in tectonic reconstructions.RÉSUMÉSitué à l’ouest du détroit de Canso au nord de la partie continentale de la Nouvelle-Écosse, le complexe du cap Porcupine se compose principalement d’unités rocheuses métasédimentaires, métavolcaniques et de granitoïdes limitées par des failles. Une datation réalisée précédemment par la méthode U-Pb sur zircon et qui a établi un âge de 610 ± 3 Ma à partir du syénogranite et des caractéristiques pétrologiques indique qu’une partie des roches de granite et vraisemblablement un corps connexe de leucodiorite sont du Néoprotérozoïque tardif. Par contraste, du granite de feldspath alcalin d’une succession plus importante de syénite de feldspath alcalin quartzeux/syénite de feldspath alcalin, de granite de feldspath alcalin/syénogranite, et de leucosyénite de feldspath alcalin quartzeux présentant des caractéristiques de type A a produit un âge de l’Ordovicien précoce, soit environ 478 ± 3 Ma. Ces caractéristiques chimiques de type A analogues portent à croire que l’unité métavolcanique pourrait être l’équivalent extrusif de la succession de l’Ordovicien.Les similitudes de datation et les caractéristiques pétrologiques indiquent que le complexe du cap Porcupine est relié aux unités rocheuses des hautes-terres d’Antigonish. L’âge du granite, d’environ 640 Ma, se rapporterait vraisemblablement aux roches plutoniques et volcaniques de la même époque observées dans les hautes-terres d’Antigonish, dont on suppose qu’elles ont été formées dans une zone de subduction de la marge continentale. Par contraste, les roches métavolcaniques et syénitiques de type A sont probablement reliées par la similitude de leur composition au cortège plutonique et aux roches volcaniques plus jeunes de la rivière Barneys Ouest formées dans un milieu de distension. Ces roches ne sont pas présentes dans la partie adjacente de Ganderia ou d’Avalonia sur l’île du Cap-Breton ou dans le sud du Nouveau-Brunswick, ce qui tendrait à souligner encore plus l’importance régionale de la faille de Canso dans les reconstructions tectoniques.[Traduit par la redaction]

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Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.160
Threshold uncertainty score0.321

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0010.000
Open science0.0000.001
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0100.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.019
GPT teacher head0.210
Teacher spread0.191 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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