The Evolution of Early Mesozoic Reefs of Cordilleran North America

将继续研究中生代早期生物礁、生物礁生物及其古生物地理的演化。研究将把重点扩大到阿拉斯加、温哥华岛、俄勒冈州、爱达荷州和加利福尼亚州北部的Wrangellia、Wlowa、Stikine和东部Klamath地体的三叠纪和侏罗纪岩石中的生物礁化石。这些发现将与二叠纪珊瑚礁动物群的发现进行比较。其结果将是珊瑚礁演化和动物群在珊瑚礁历史关键时期的扩散的精细化区域综合。

Research will continue on the Early Mesozoic evolution of reefs, reef organisms and their paleobiogeography. Research will expand the emphasis to fossil reefal biotas from Triassic and Jurassic rocks of the Wrangellia, Wallowa, Stikine and eastern Klamath terranes in Alaska, Vancouver Island, Oregon and Idaho and northern California. Findings will be compared with those from Permian reefal faunas. The results will be a refined regional synthesis of reef evolution and dispersal of the faunas during a critical interval of reef history.