Precambrian plate tectonics: seismic evidence from northern Hudson Bay, Canada

Bastow, I. D., Thompson, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5153-6807, Wookey, J., Kendall, J.-M., Helffrich, G., Snyder, D. B., Eaton, D. W. and Darbyshire, F. A. 2011. Precambrian plate tectonics: seismic evidence from northern Hudson Bay, Canada. Geology 39 (1) , pp. 91-94. 10.1130/G31396.1

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Abstract

The Canadian Shield is one of the largest exposures of Precambrian rocks on Earth. It is a mosaic of several Archean terranes that were brought together during a series of Paleoproterozoic orogens culminating in the so-called Trans-Hudson orogen, which is thought to have been similar to the Himalayan orogen in scale and nature. The tectonic evolution and lithospheric subdivisions of this region are poorly understood, but new seismic networks in northern Hudson Bay provide fresh opportunity to place constraints on the Precambrian processes that formed and shaped it. We show, via a study of seismic anisotropy, that the lithosphere of the northern Hudson Bay region retains a strong signature of Archean–Paleoproterozoic tectonics. We map the boundary between the upper (Churchill) and lower (Superior) plates that collided ca. 1.8 Ga and identify back azimuth–dependent splitting parameters (ϕ, δt) on Baffin Island that indicate complex anisotropy (e.g., dipping fabric) beneath the region. Our results support the view that significant lithospheric deformation occurred during the Paleoproterozoic and that modern-day plate tectonic processes were thus in operation by at least ca. 1.8 Ga.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Earth and Environmental Sciences
Subjects:	Q Science > QE Geology
Publisher:	Geological Society of America
ISSN:	0091-7613
Date of Acceptance:	1 September 2010
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2022 11:22
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/94734

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