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Alleghanian faulting in the southern Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec
Author(s) -
Pierre Jutras,
Gilbert Prichonnet,
S. R. McCutcheon
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
atlantic geology
Language(s) - French
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1718-7885
pISSN - 0843-5561
DOI - 10.4138/1181
Subject(s) - geology , sinistral and dextral , devonian , humanities , fault (geology) , transpression , paleontology , philosophy
Transcurrent faults and associated compressional structures affecting post-Middle Devonian rocks are recognized for the rst time in the southern Gaspe Peninsula (Quebec). This region was previously thought to have experienced only minor normal fault readjustments after the Middle Devonian Acadian Orogeny. Four SW-striking fault systems with post-Acadian sinistral motion that have been identied along the north shore of Chaleur Bay are described here. These faults are kinematically compatible with large NW-striking dextral faults in eastern Gaspe, and suggest that these structures reect a widespread Alleghanian paleostress system that probably affected the entire Quebec Appalachians. RESUME Des failles de decrochement et les structures compressives qui leur sont associees affectent des roches post-Devonien moyen dans le sud de la Gaspesie (Quebec) et sont reconnues pour la premiere fois. Cette region etait auparavant consideree comme n'ayant connu que des reajustements mineurs de failles normales apres l'orogenese Acadienne (Devonien moyen). Quatre systemes de failles orientees SW-NE ont connus des deplacements senestres post-acadiens et sont analyses dans cet article. Ces failles sont compatibles avec de grands decrochements dextres orientes NW-SE dans l'est de la Gaspesie et suggerent que ces structures sont associees a des paleostress alleghaniens ayant possiblement affecte les Appalaches quebecoises dans leur totalite. [Traduit par la redaction]

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