Wednesday 30 April 2014

What Lies Beneath Modern New England? Mountain-Building and the End of An Ancient Ocean

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What Lies Beneath Modern New England? Mountain-Building and the End of An Ancient Ocean
Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 30, 2014 - When and where did the ancient Iapetus Ocean suture (the most fundamental Appalachian structure) form? Is part of New England made up of ancient African-derived rocks? What is the Moretown terrane? This new GEOLOGY study by researchers from Harvard, Middlebury College, Boise State University, and Williams College finds new evidence for an earlier closing of the Iapetus that is farther west than ... more


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