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We present new paleomagnetic data from three Middle Neoproterozoic carbonate units of East Svalbard, Norway. The paleomag-netic record is gleaned from 50 to 650 m of continuous, platformal carbonate sediment, is reproduced at three locations distributed over>100 km on a single craton, and scores...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.613.9649 2023-05-15T18:29:42+02:00 © 2006 Geological Society of America The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.613.9649 http://schraglab.unix.fas.harvard.edu/publications/CV79.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.613.9649 http://schraglab.unix.fas.harvard.edu/publications/CV79.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://schraglab.unix.fas.harvard.edu/publications/CV79.pdf polar wandering paleomagnetism Svalbard Neoproterozoic carbon cycle paleo text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T14:39:12Z We present new paleomagnetic data from three Middle Neoproterozoic carbonate units of East Svalbard, Norway. The paleomag-netic record is gleaned from 50 to 650 m of continuous, platformal carbonate sediment, is reproduced at three locations distributed over>100 km on a single craton, and scores a 5–6 (out of 7) on the Van der Voo (1990) reli-ability scale. Two>50 ° shifts in paleomagnetic direction are coincident with equally abrupt shifts in δ13C and transient changes in rela-tive sea level. We explore four possible expla-nations for these coincidental changes: rapid plate tectonic rotation during depositional hiatus, magnetic excursions, nongeocentric axial-dipole fi elds, and true polar wander. We conclude that the observations are explained most readily by rapid shifts in paleogeog-raphy associated with a pair of true polar wander events. Future work in sediments of equivalent age from other basins can test directly the true polar wander hypothesis because this type of event would affect every continent in a predictable manner, depending on the continent’s changing position relative to Earth’s spin axis. Text Svalbard Unknown Norway Svalbard Tive ENVELOPE(12.480,12.480,65.107,65.107) |
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We present new paleomagnetic data from three Middle Neoproterozoic carbonate units of East Svalbard, Norway. The paleomag-netic record is gleaned from 50 to 650 m of continuous, platformal carbonate sediment, is reproduced at three locations distributed over>100 km on a single craton, and scores a 5–6 (out of 7) on the Van der Voo (1990) reli-ability scale. Two>50 ° shifts in paleomagnetic direction are coincident with equally abrupt shifts in δ13C and transient changes in rela-tive sea level. We explore four possible expla-nations for these coincidental changes: rapid plate tectonic rotation during depositional hiatus, magnetic excursions, nongeocentric axial-dipole fi elds, and true polar wander. We conclude that the observations are explained most readily by rapid shifts in paleogeog-raphy associated with a pair of true polar wander events. Future work in sediments of equivalent age from other basins can test directly the true polar wander hypothesis because this type of event would affect every continent in a predictable manner, depending on the continent’s changing position relative to Earth’s spin axis. |
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