The Cambrian-Silurian tectonic evolution of the northern Appalachians and British Caledonides: history of a complex, west and southwest Pacific-type segment of Iapetus

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
• Main Authors: Van Staal, C, Dewey, J, Mac Niocaill, C, McKerrow, W
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Blundell; Pacific; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.143.01.17; https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:6035ccb0-fa95-41b9-92ab-04891f42c572

This paper is included in the Special Publication entitled 'Lyell: the past is the key to the present', edited by D.J. Blundell and A.C. Scott. This paper presents new ideas on the Early Palaeozoic geography and tectonic history of the Iapetus Ocean involved in the formation of the norther...