Pre-Carboniferous, episodic accretion-related, orogenesis along the Laurentian margin of the northern Appalachians

R. van Staal, Cees; B Whalen, J; Valverde-Vaquero, Pablo; Zagorevski, Alexandre; Rogers, N

doi:10.1144/sp327.13

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Pre-Carboniferous, episodic accretion-related, orogenesis along the Laurentian margin of the northern Appalachians

Published in Geological Society London Special Publications • Jan 1, 2009

Authors:

Cees R. van Staal

J B Whalen

Pablo Valverde-Vaquero

Abstract

Abstract During the Early to Middle Palaeozoic, prior to formation of Pangaea, the Canadian and adjacent New England Appalachians evolved as an accretionary orogen. Episodic orogenesis mainly resulted from accretion of four microcontinents or crustal ribbons: Dashwoods, Ganderia, Avalonia and Meguma...

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Geology

Carboniferous

Margin (machine learning)

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