Ages and origins of rocks of the Killingworth dome, south-central Connecticut: Implications for the tectonic evolution of southern New England
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Journal of Science (AJS) in American Journal of Science
- Vol. 307 (1), 63-118
- https://doi.org/10.2475/01.2007.04
Abstract
The Killingworth dome of south-central Connecticut occurs at the southern end of the Bronson Hill belt. It is composed of tonalitic and trondhjemitic orthogneisses (Killingworth complex) and bimodal metavolcanic rocks (Middletown complex) that display calc-alkaline affinities. Orthogneisses of the Killingworth complex (Boulder Lake gneiss, 456 ± 6 Ma; Pond Meadow gneiss, ∼460 Ma) were emplaced at about the same time as eruption and deposition of volcanic-sedimentary rocks of the Middletown complex (Middletown Formation, 449 ± 4 Ma; Higganum gneiss, 459 ± 4 Ma). Hidden Lake gneiss (339 ± 3 Ma) occurs as a pluton in the core of the Killingworth dome, and, on the basis of geochemical and isotopic data, is included in the Killingworth complex.Keywords
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