COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Tectonics and Paleomagnetism of Kamchatka Peninsula Composite Terranes, Northeastern Russia

古地磁数据已被证明是解释沿几个收敛的大陆边缘的大地迁移和增生的关键，阿拉斯加就是一个显著的例子。现有资料表明，俄罗斯堪察加半岛也可能是一个聚集异域地体的学院，但地质和古地磁数据库并不广泛，区域物流困难。这个项目将尝试把古地磁和地质数据放在一个更坚实的基础上，以便可以制定和测试与岩层就位有关的板块运动学模型。研究结果将增加对堪察加地区地体的认识，并为了解北太平洋地体的位移历史提供基础。

9706446 Harbert Paleomagnetic data has proven key to the interpretation of terrane migration and accretion along several convergent continental margins, with Alaska being as notable example. Existing data suggests that the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia may also be a college of accreted allochthonous terranes, but the geologic and paleomagnetic data base is not extensive, and the area is difficult logistically. This project will attempt to place the paleomagnetic and geologic data on a firmer base so that plate kinematic models related to terrane emplacement can be formulated and tested. Results will increase knowledge about terranes in Kamchatka and provide the basis for understanding displacement histories of northern Pacific terranes.