U.S.-Argentina Collaborative Research: Tectonic Aspects of the Initial Break-Up of Pangea; Paleomagnetic Evidence from Argentina

这项美国-阿根廷合作奖建立了一个为期两年的国际研究合作项目，由纽约州立大学宾厄姆顿分校的威廉·d·麦克唐纳博士和布宜诺斯艾利斯大学的胡安·弗朗西斯科·维拉斯教授共同研究盘古大陆最初分裂的构造方面：来自阿根廷的古地磁证据。本次调查将研究二叠系至三叠系灰流沉积的剩磁强度和方向；澄清盘古大陆地壳分裂前的构造事件；并强化了南美洲古生代至早中生代演化的现有构造模式的重要基础假设

9903915McDonaldThis US-Argentina collaborative award establishes a two year international research collaboration between Dr. William D. MacDonald, SUNY Binghamton and Professor Juan Fancisco Vilas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, on the tectonic aspects of the initial break-up of Pangea: the paleomagnetic evidence from Argentina.The investigation will study the intensity and direction of residual magnetism in the ashflow deposits estimated to be from the Permian to Triassic age; clarify tectonic events preceding the crustal break up of Pangea; and reinforce important underpinning assumptions in current tectonic models for the Paleozoic to early Mesozoic evolution of South America.***