DOI:10.1017/S0016756803008082 Printed in the United Kingdom The Early Carboniferous Magerøy dykes, northern Norway:

• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Norway; palaeomagnetism; Carboniferous; palaeogeography; Barents Sea; Greenland; Komagelva; Magerøysundet; Svalbard; Magerøya; Nordkapp; Nordkapp Basin; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.557.6822; http://folk.uio.no/torgeir/pdfpapers/Magerdyke.pdf

Abstract – Palaeomagnetic data from the 337 Ma Magerøy dykes (northern Norway) are of exceptionally high quality, and a positive contact test along with an existing regional result from the Silurian Honningsvåg Igneous Suite attests to a primary Early Carboniferous magnetic signature. The palaeomag...