COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: The Closure of Iapetus and Creationof the Old Red Continent in Great Britain

本项研究将进行古地磁分析， 英国的古生代岩石，以确定 东阿瓦隆尼亚和伊阿珀托斯洋的封闭历史 志留纪和奥陶纪。 一个广泛的图片的 东阿瓦隆尼亚的古地理环境最近被 这项工作将提供急需的限制。 的 研究结果对板块构造研究具有重要意义 阿巴拉契亚-加里东造山带的重建。 他们将 还提供了额外的标准， 再磁化现象，这是相当重要的， 对地质构造问题感兴趣的地质学家。

This study will conduct paleomagnetic analyses of lower Paleozoic-aged rocks in Britain in order to define the movement of Eastern Avalonia and closure history of the Iapetus Ocean during the Silurian and Ordovician. A broad picture of the paleogeographic setting of Eastern Avalonia has been recently developed and this work will provide much needed constraints. The results will be of broad significance to plate tectonic reconstructions of the Appalachian - Caleonide orogen. They will also provide additional criteria for the recognition of remagnetization phenomena, which is of considerable importance to geophysicists interested in tectonic problems.