The Appalachian System of Western Newfoundland

                       Historiography

 Evolution of thought concerning the geology of the

Western Newfoundland Appalachian foreland

by R.K. (Bob) Stevens

 

 

                   

                    Rifts and passive continental margins

 

                    Ophiolitic rocks of Western Newfoundland

                   

                    Hand specimens of ophiolitic perdiotites, gabbros, and basaltic rocks

                   

                    The origin of oceanic crust

 

                    The concept of obduction

 

                    Volcanic arcs and marginal basins