Middle to Late Paleozoic Extensional Development of the Lofoten Archipelago, North Norwegian Caledonides

目前斯堪的纳维亚加里东尼德的构造模型表明，罗浮敦群岛包含来自波罗的海克拉通西部边缘的地壳，这些地壳在志留纪与劳伦西亚碰撞期间被深深俯冲，然而，很少有研究解决深埋的证据或这种埋葬和挖掘的时间。新的数据表明，这些岩石被埋在30公里的深处，但返回地表的速度要慢得多，而且是在明显的偶发事件中进行的。除了对加里东构造学具有重要意义外，该研究还将涉及到构造工作的各个领域，以评价造山带的原始厚度与构造、造山带拆顶的持续时间和过程以及沿大陆边缘演化的岩石圈衰减之间的关系。

Current tectonic models for the Scandinavian Caledonides indicate the Lofoten archipelago contains crust from the western edge of the Baltic craton that was deeply subducted during Silurian collisions with Laurentia, however few studies have addressed either the evidence for deep burial or the timing of such burial and exhumation. This project will follow new data that suggests that these rocks were buried to depths of 30km, but returned to the surface much more slowly and in distinct episodic events. In addition to the significance for Caledonia tectonics, this study will be relevant to the diverse fields of tectonic work to evaluate the relationship between the original thickness and structure of an orogen, the duration and processes of unroofing orogenic and thick continental crust and attenuation of lithosphere along an evolving continental margin.