概括
晚期新生代的地质比较揭示了劳伦西亚.
科学领域:
- 地力学和板块构造学 板块构造学
- 古地理和超级大陆的演变.
- 结构地质学和构造学
背景情况:
- 劳伦西亚的晚期新生代邻居包括西伯利亚,澳大利亚-南极洲,南非和亚马逊-波罗的海.
- 以劳伦西亚为中心的超级大陆碎片化先于大陆漂移和重组.
研究的目的:
- 为了重建劳伦西亚在晚期原生代时期的古地理构造.
- 为了解释一个以劳伦西亚为中心的超级大陆的构造进化和碎片化.
- 为了将构造风格与拟议的古地理重建联系起来.
主要方法:
- 大陆边缘的比较地质分析.
- 基于地质证据的古地理结构的重建.
- 与拟议的旋转极相比,对构造机制 (与潜伏积累) 的分析.
主要成果:
- 在前生代晚期确定了与劳伦西亚相邻的大陆:西伯利亚,澳大利亚-南极洲,南非和亚马逊-波罗的海.
- 提出了一种超大陆碎片化和随后南方大陆风扇式崩的模型.
- 连接了韦德尔海的旋转极与东西趋势带的观察到的杆构造学和南北趋势带的俯冲积累.
- 显示内部裂成为冈多瓦兰的外部边缘,而外部边缘成为内陆.
结论:
- 拟议的碎片化和重组模型为理解晚期新生代到古生代的构造事件提供了一个框架.
- 韦德尔海旋转极有效地解释了泛非移动带中观察到的不同构造风格.
- 在超大陆周期期间,大陆边缘的演变涉及到构造学设置和地理位置的重大变化.
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