Mesozoic Lamprophyre dyke crosscutting Ordovician sediments near Leading Tickles, Newfoundland, Canada
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Mesozoic Lamprophyre dyke crosscutting Ordovician sediments near Leading Tickles, Newfoundland, Canada

by Alexander Peace

This Mesozoic Lamprophyre Dyke was observed crosscutting Ordovician sediments near Leading Tickles, in Northern Newfoundland, Canada. The dyke displays a minor bridge structure (deflection) coincidental with a low amplitude antiform in the sediments, demonstrating an interation between the intrusion and the pre-existing geology. This dyke is part of a swarm comprising hundreds of dykes in the region that are claimed to be related to rifting prior to the opening of the Atlantic Ocean.