Paleozoic Laurentia-Gondwana interaction and the origin of the Appalachian-Andean mountain system

Laurentia, the rift-bounded Precambrian nucleus of North America, may have broken out from a Neoproterozoic supercontinent between East and West Gondwana. Several lines of evidence suggest that the Appalachian margin of Laurentia subsequently collided with the proto-Andean margin of the amalgamated...

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Autores principales: Dalziel, Ian W. D., Dalla Salda, Luis Hugo, Gahagan, Lisa M.
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1994
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/123067
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topic Geología
Geology
Paleozoic
Craton
Paleontology
Precambrian
Paleomagnetism
Unconformity
Laurentia
Supercontinent
Gondwana
spellingShingle Geología
Geology
Paleozoic
Craton
Paleontology
Precambrian
Paleomagnetism
Unconformity
Laurentia
Supercontinent
Gondwana
Dalziel, Ian W. D.
Dalla Salda, Luis Hugo
Gahagan, Lisa M.
Paleozoic Laurentia-Gondwana interaction and the origin of the Appalachian-Andean mountain system
topic_facet Geología
Geology
Paleozoic
Craton
Paleontology
Precambrian
Paleomagnetism
Unconformity
Laurentia
Supercontinent
Gondwana
description Laurentia, the rift-bounded Precambrian nucleus of North America, may have broken out from a Neoproterozoic supercontinent between East and West Gondwana. Several lines of evidence suggest that the Appalachian margin of Laurentia subsequently collided with the proto-Andean margin of the amalgamated Gondwana supercontinent in different relative positions during early and mid-Paleozoic time, in route to final docking against northwest Africa to complete the assembly of Pangea. Hence the Appalachian and Andean orogens may have originated as a single mountain system. The overall hypothesis retains the same paleomagnetic and paleobiogeographic controls as previous global reconstructions for the Paleozoic Era. Laurentia-Gondwana collisions may help to explain contemporaneous unconformities in the Paleozoic sedimentary cover of the Laurentian, Gondwanan, and Baltic cratons.
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author Dalziel, Ian W. D.
Dalla Salda, Luis Hugo
Gahagan, Lisa M.
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Dalla Salda, Luis Hugo
Gahagan, Lisa M.
author_sort Dalziel, Ian W. D.
title Paleozoic Laurentia-Gondwana interaction and the origin of the Appalachian-Andean mountain system
title_short Paleozoic Laurentia-Gondwana interaction and the origin of the Appalachian-Andean mountain system
title_full Paleozoic Laurentia-Gondwana interaction and the origin of the Appalachian-Andean mountain system
title_fullStr Paleozoic Laurentia-Gondwana interaction and the origin of the Appalachian-Andean mountain system
title_full_unstemmed Paleozoic Laurentia-Gondwana interaction and the origin of the Appalachian-Andean mountain system
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