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加拿大维多利亚大学地球海洋学院,现任院长Dr. Stephen Johnston,UVic,堪称世界一首席地学家。Dr. Stephen Johnston, UVic的(MAINACHIEVMENTS) 主要贡献有下列四方面:(1)Developed the concept of ribboncontinents创建条带状大陆块理论, TheCordilleran Ribbon Continent of North America:
The North American Cordilleran Orogen isthe result of a two-stage process: (a) Triassic-Jurassic accretionwithin Panthalassa forming SAYBIA, a composite ribbon continent, and (b)Late Cretaceous collision of SAYBIA with North America; (2)Introduced “oroclinalorogeny” as a process explaining bends ofmountain belts提出“马蹄造山运动”来圆解山脉弯曲进程; (3) Provided the first comprehensivetectonic model of the Cordillera of North America explaining geological andpaleomagnetic data首次全面地提供了北美科迪勒拉(雁列山系)构造模型,圆满地解释了此区的地质及古地磁信息; ④Originated Velocity Net Plots as ameans of constraining paleogeographic reconstructions源于纯地块震波速度,作为一种手段来限定古地理地貌的重建。
图1北美科迪勒拉地科版图
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