Reply to “Discussion of ‘Tectonic timing of emplacement of the South Mountain Batholith, southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada’ with an alternative interpretation”

Authors

  • D. Barrie Clarke Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2 Canada
  • Michael A. MacDonald MacDonald Geoscience, 15 Stephen Street, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 2L2 Canada
  • Colin B. McKenzie 1648 Edward Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3J1 Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4138/atlgeo.2026.007

Keywords:

South Mountain Batholith, Kejimkujik orogeny, Meguma gold deposits

References

Benn, K, Horne, R.J., Kontak, D.J., Pignotta, G.S., and Evans, N.G. 1997. Syn-Acadian emplacement model for the South Mountain Batholith, Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia: magnetic fabric and structural analyses. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 109, pp. 1279–1293. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1279:SAEMFT>2.3.CO;2

Clarke, D.B., MacDonald, M.A., and McKenzie, C.B. 2025. Tectonic timing of emplacement of the South Mountain Batholith, southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. Atlantic Geoscience, 61, pp. 15–75. https://doi.org/10.4138/atlgeo.2025.002

Horne, R.J., Corey, M.C., Ham, L.J., and MacDonald, M.A. 1988. Primary and secondary structural features in the eastern portion of the South Mountain Batholith, southwestern Nova Scotia: implications for regional stress orientations during intrusion. Maritime Sediments and Atlantic Geology, 24, pp. 71–82. https://doi.org/10.4138/1641

Horne, R.J., Corey, M.C., Ham, L.J., and MacDonald, M.A. 1992. Structure and emplacement of the South Mountain Batholith, southwestern Nova Scotia. Atlantic Geology, 29, pp. 29–50. https://doi.org/10.4138/1849

Kontak, D. and Horne, R. J. 2026. Discussion of “Tectonic timing of emplacement of the South Mountain Batholith, southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada” with an alternative interpretation. Atlantic Geoscience, 62, pp. 137–149. https://doi: 10.4138/atlgeo.2026.007

Kontak, D.J., Dostal, J., Kyser, K., and Archibald, D.A. 2002. A petrological, geochemical, isotopic and fluid inclusion study of 370 Ma pegmatite-aplite sheets, Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist, 40, pp. 1249–1286. https://doi.org/10.2113/gscanmin.40.5.1249

Waldron, J.W.F., Barr, S.M., White, C.E., and van Rooyen, D. 2025. Not the Neo-Acadian orogeny: distinguishing Quaboagian deformation in New England from events in Atlantic Canada. Atlantic Geoscience, 61, pp. 305–321. https://doi.org/10.4138/atlgeo.2025.012

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2026-05-12

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Clarke, D. B., MacDonald, M. A., & McKenzie, C. B. (2026). Reply to “Discussion of ‘Tectonic timing of emplacement of the South Mountain Batholith, southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada’ with an alternative interpretation”. Atlantic Geoscience, 62, 151–152. https://doi.org/10.4138/atlgeo.2026.007

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