The Hauy Formation - Subaerial Volcanism in a Braided Stream Environment
- Organization:
- Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
- Pages:
- 10
- File Size:
- 3366 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1984
Abstract
The western part of the Hauy Formation of the Opemisca Group,
occurring near the town of Chapais, is described in this paper. As
it has been defined previously, the Formation is composed of a succession
of subaerial andesi tic lava flows with some interbedded
proximal volcaniclastic sediments. Towards the East, these volcanics
yield to coarse grained fluviatile sediments having similar
composition to the interbedded lavas. Further east, the composition
of these sediments is more arkosic with dioritic and tonalitic fragments.
It is proposed that these arkosic sediments are a part of
the Stella Formation which has been described by Dimroth et al.
(1982).
Citation
APA: (1984) The Hauy Formation - Subaerial Volcanism in a Braided Stream Environment
MLA: The Hauy Formation - Subaerial Volcanism in a Braided Stream Environment . Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, 1984.