Opening Iapetus: Constraints from the Laurentian margin in Newfoundland

• Main Authors: Cawood, Peter Anthony, McCausland, P J A, Dunning, G R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Appalachian-Caledonian; paleogeography; paleomagnetism; Precordillera; tectonics; U-Pb; U-PB ZIRCON; CATOCTIN VOLCANIC PROVINCE; APPALACHIAN BLUE-RIDGE; POLAR WANDER PATH; LONG-RANGE DIKES; WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND; ARGENTINE PRECORDILLERA; NORTH-AMERICA; NEOPROTEROZOIC BREAKUP; OUACHITA EMBAYMENT; Argentine; Skinner Cove; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/publications/321925b5-8185-44c3-972e-2a7bb9a97930; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035314361&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Late Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian geologic, geochronologic, and paleomagnetic data from along the Iapetus margin of Laurentia may be reconciled,within a multistage rift history that involved an initial separation of Laurentia from the west Gondwana cratons ca. 570 Ma, followed by rifting of a fu...