Towards a modern plate tectonic style about 700 Myrs ago?
Studying the links between the surface and mantle dynamic processes during the Neoproterozoic
About the research project
Project title:
Towards a modern plate tectonic style about 700 Myrs ago?
Project objectives:
The project is about studying the links between the surface and mantle dynamic processes during the Neoproterozoic and testing whether a major change in plate tectonics occurred during this time. The three main work packages are:
1. Acquisition of new paleomagnetic data and determination of the nature of paleomagnetic changes
2. Elaboration of a global tectonic plate model from 750 to 500 Ma
3. Test of the hypothesis of transition towards a continuous plate tectonic regime
Project leader: Dr Boris Robert, GFZ – German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam
Involved at UiB:
Harald Walderhaug
Project Partners
Alan Rooney, Yale University & Monika Korte and Norbert Nowaczyk, GFZ Potsdam
People
Project members
Boris Robert Project leader (GFZ - German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam)
Harald Walderhaug Professor (UiB-GEO)
Alan Rooney Researcher (Yale University)
Monika Korte Researcher (GFZ Potsdam)
Nobert Nowaczyk Reseracher (GFZ Potsdam)