Cape Smith Belt

The Cape Smith Belt is an early Proterozoic thrust belt in northern Quebec, Canada.[1] It is an integral part of the Circum-Superior Belt, which runs across the Ungava Peninsula. Cape Smith on Smith Island is its western-most exposed point.[2]

References

  1. ^ Nuno Machado; et al. "U-Pb geochronology of the western Cape Smith Belt, Canada: new insights on the age of initial rifting and arc magmatism". Precambrian Research. doi:10.1016/0301-9268(93)90034-Y.
  2. ^ Bleeker, Wouter; Kamo, Sandra (2020). "Structural-stratigraphic setting and U-Pb geochronology of Ni-Cu-Co-PGE ore environments in the central Cape Smith Belt, Circum-Superior Belt". Targeted Geoscience Initiative 5 (Open File 8722). Natural Resources Canada.: 65–98. doi:10.4095/326882.


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