What lies beneath modern New England? Mountain-building and the end of an ancient ocean
Posted by Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily on 26 April, 2014
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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? A new study finds new evidence for an earlier closing of the Iapetus that is farther west than previous studies have reported....