Erratum: Late Ordovician-early Silurian destruction of the Iapetus Ocean: Newfoundland, British Isles and Scandinavia—a discussion

In this paper, on page 375, we published an Arenig palaeogeography in Figure 6 which showed the subduction zone off Laurentia as dipping northwards. This was a drafting error. The subduction zone should have dipped southward away from Laurentia. We apologise for this error and publish here a revised...

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Published in:Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences
Main Authors: Pickering, Kevin T., Bassett, Michael G., Siveter, David J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1989
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0263593300012268
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0263593300012268
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Summary:In this paper, on page 375, we published an Arenig palaeogeography in Figure 6 which showed the subduction zone off Laurentia as dipping northwards. This was a drafting error. The subduction zone should have dipped southward away from Laurentia. We apologise for this error and publish here a revised Figure 6 for the Arenig.