Research in Structural Geology & Tectonics

Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex

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Publications

Karson, J.A.. Oceanic crust when Earth was young, Science, 292, 1076-7, 2001.

Karson, J.A.. and Dewey, J.F., 1978. Coastal Complex, Western Newfoundland: an Early Ordovician Oceanic Fracture Zone: Geological Society of American Bulletin, v. 89, p. 1037-1049.

Casey, J.F., Karson, J.A.., O'Connell, S. and Rosencrantz, E., 1979. Comment on "The Seismic Velocity Structure of a Traverse Through the Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex, Newfoundland, an Exposure of Oceanic Crust and Upper Mantle" by M.H. Salisbury and N.I. Christensen: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 84, p. 6299-6300.

Karson, J.A.., 1979. Geology of the Lewis Hills Massif, Western Newfoundland: Geological Survey of Canada, Open File Map and Report No. 628.

Casey, J.F., Dewey, J.F., Fox, P.J., Karson, J.A.. and Rosencrantz, E., 1981. Heterogeneous Nature of Oceanic Crust and Upper Mantle: A Perspective from the Bay of Island Ophiolite Complex, In: The Sea, v. VII: The Oceanic Lithosphere, edited by C. Emiliani, John Wiley & Son, Inc., p. 305-338.

Casey, J.F. and Karson, J.A.., 1981. Magma Chamber Profiles from the Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex, Nature, V. 292, p. 295-301.

Casey, J.F. and Karson, J.A.., 1982. Reply to C.H. Donaldson's Comment on "Magma Chamber Profiles from the Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex", Nature, v. 295, p. 717.

Karson, J.A.., 1982. Reconstructed Seismic Velocity Structure of the Lewis Hills Massif and Implications for Oceanic Fracture Zones, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 87, p. 961-978.

Casey, J.F., Karson, J.A.., Elthon, D.L., Rosencrantz, E. and Titus, M. 1983. Reconstruction of the Geometry of Accretion During Formation of the Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex, Tectonics, v. 2, p. 509-528.

Karson, J.A.., Elthon, D. and DeLong, S.E., 1983. Ultramafic Intrusions in the Lewis Hills Massif, Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex, Newfoundland: Implications for the Igneous Processes at Oceanic Fracture Zones, Geological Society of American Bulletin, v. 94, p.15-29. (Cover figure for this issue.)

Karson, J.A.., 1984. Variations in Structure and Petrology of the Coastal Complex, Newfoundland: Anatomy of an Oceanic Fracture Zone, In: Ophiolites and Oceanic Lithosphere, edited by I.G. Gass, S. J. Lippard, and A.W. Shelton, Geological Society of London, Special Publication 13, Blackwell Scientific Publications, p. 131-144.

Karson, J.A.., Collins, J.A. and Casey, J.F., 1984. Geologic and Seismic Velocity Structure of the Crust/Mantle Transition in the Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 89, p. 6129-6138.

Karson, J.A.., Elthon, D.L., Casey, J.F. and Titus, M., 1984. Deformed and Metamorphosed Rock Assemblages Recognized in the Bay of Island Ophiolite Complex, Ofioliti, v. 9, p. 463-486.

Brocher, T.M., Karson, J.A.. and Collins, J.A., 1985. Seismic Stratigraphy of the Oceanic Moho Based on Ophiolite Models, Geology, v. 13, p. 62-65.

Casey, J.F., Elthon, D.L., Siroky, F.X., Karson, J.A.. and Sullivan, J., 1985. Geochemical and Geological Evidence Bearing of the Origin of the Bay of Islands and Coastal Complex Ophiolites of Western Newfoundland, Tectonophysics, v. 116, p. 1-40.

Collins, J.A., Brocher, T.M. and Karson, J.A., 1986. Two-Dimensional Seismic Reflection Modeling of the Oceanic Crust/Mantle Transition in the Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 91, p. 12520-12538.

Elthon, D., Karson, J.A.., Casey, J.F. and Sullivan, J., 1986. Geochemistry of Depleted Diabase Dikes in the Lewis Hills Ophiolite: Evidence for Partial Melting of Oceanic Fracture Zone Crust, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 78, p. 89-103.

Karson, J.A.., 1987. Factors Controlling the Orientation of Dykes in Ophiolites and Oceanic Crust, In: Mafic Dyke Swarms, edited by H.C. Halls and W.F. Fahrig, Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 33, p. 229-241.

Karson, J.A.. and Elthon, D.L., 1987. Evidence for Variations in Magma Production Along Spreading Centers: A Critical Appraisal, Geology, v. 15, p. 127-131.