The Cambrian-Silurian tectonic evolution of the northern Appalachians and British Caledonides: history of a complex, west and southwest Pacific-type segment of Iapetus by Van Staal, C, Dewey, J, Mac Niocaill, C, McKerrow, W

“…Southerly drift of Laurentia to intermediate latitudes of c.20-25°S was associated with the compressive (Andean) nature of the arc and the accompanying backthrusting of the already-accreted Baie Verte Oceanic Tract further onto the Laurentian foreland. …”