Reply to discussion: Taconian orogenesis, sedimentation and magmatism in the Southern Quebec-Northern Vermont Appalachians: Stratrigraphic and detrital mineral record of Iapetan suturing
Abstract
In our paper, “Taconian orogenesis, sedimentation and magmatism in the southern Quebec–northern Vermont Appalachians: Stratigraphic and detrital mineral record of Iapetan suturing” (De Souza and others, 2014), we present new stratigraphic and detrital zircon U-Pb and muscovite 40Ar/39Ar geochronological data for sedimentary and volcaniclastic rocks of the Dunnage zone and the Connecticut Valley-Gaspé trough of southern Quebec and adjacent Vermont. The main objective of this study was to reconcile the stratigraphy, age, and provenance of the studied rock sequences within the regional tectonic framework, in order to propose a comprehensive tectonic model for this part of the Appalachian orogen.