Iapetus Ocean - Definition

The Iapetus Ocean was an Ocean that existed in the Southern Hemisphere between Scotland, England and Scandinavia between 400 and 600 million years ago.

See also

• BBC Guide to Rocks: Slices of Scotland (http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/programmes/prog1.shtml)
• Plate tectonics
• Geologic timescale