The Metchosin Igneous Complex is an
ophiolite sequence in southwestern
British Columbia,
Canada, located at the southern end of
Vancouver Island. It is the northernmost expression of the
Siletzia
Siletzia is a massive formation of early to middle Eocene epoch marine basalts and interbedded sediments in the forearc of the Cascadia subduction zone, on the west coast of North America. It forms the basement rock under western Oregon and ...
terrane and consists of three rock units, including a
basaltic sequence, a sheeted
dike complex and
gabbro stocks.
Metchosin Igneous Complex, southern Vancouver Island: Ophiolite stratigraphy developed in an emergent island setting
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See also
* Volcanism of Western Canada
References
Ophiolites
Volcanism of British Columbia
Southern Vancouver Island
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