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

目前斯堪的纳维亚加里多尼德群岛的构造模型表明，罗福滕群岛含有波罗的海克拉通西缘的地壳，在志留纪与劳伦蒂亚碰撞期间被深度俯冲，但很少有研究涉及深埋的证据或这种埋葬和挖掘的时间。该项目将遵循新的数据，这些数据表明，这些岩石被埋在30公里深的地方，但返回地表的速度要慢得多，而且是在不同的幕间事件中。除了对喀里多尼亚构造的意义外，这项研究还将涉及不同的构造工作领域，以评估造山带的原始厚度和结构、造山带和厚陆壳的剥离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.