Corrected Late Triassic Latitudes for Continents Adjacent to the North Atlantic
We use a method based on a statistical geomagnetic field model to recognize and correct for inclination error in sedimentary rocks from early Mesozoic rift basins in North America, Greenland, and Europe. The congruence of the corrected sedimentary results and independent data from igneous rocks on a...
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ftcolumbiauniv:oai:academiccommons.columbia.edu:10.7916/D89P3B4S 2023-05-15T16:28:18+02:00 Corrected Late Triassic Latitudes for Continents Adjacent to the North Atlantic Kent, Dennis V. Tauxe, Lisa 2005 https://doi.org/10.7916/D89P3B4S English eng https://doi.org/10.7916/D89P3B4S Physical geography Plate tectonics Articles 2005 ftcolumbiauniv https://doi.org/10.7916/D89P3B4S 2019-04-04T08:07:06Z We use a method based on a statistical geomagnetic field model to recognize and correct for inclination error in sedimentary rocks from early Mesozoic rift basins in North America, Greenland, and Europe. The congruence of the corrected sedimentary results and independent data from igneous rocks on a regional scale indicates that a geocentric axial dipole field operated in the Late Triassic. The corrected paleolatitudes indicate a faster poleward drift of ~0.6 degrees per million years for this part of Pangea and suggest that the equatorial humid belt in the Late Triassic was about as wide as it is today. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland North Atlantic Columbia University: Academic Commons Greenland |
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We use a method based on a statistical geomagnetic field model to recognize and correct for inclination error in sedimentary rocks from early Mesozoic rift basins in North America, Greenland, and Europe. The congruence of the corrected sedimentary results and independent data from igneous rocks on a regional scale indicates that a geocentric axial dipole field operated in the Late Triassic. The corrected paleolatitudes indicate a faster poleward drift of ~0.6 degrees per million years for this part of Pangea and suggest that the equatorial humid belt in the Late Triassic was about as wide as it is today. |
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Corrected Late Triassic Latitudes for Continents Adjacent to the North Atlantic |
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Corrected Late Triassic Latitudes for Continents Adjacent to the North Atlantic |
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Corrected Late Triassic Latitudes for Continents Adjacent to the North Atlantic |
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Corrected Late Triassic Latitudes for Continents Adjacent to the North Atlantic |
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Corrected Late Triassic Latitudes for Continents Adjacent to the North Atlantic |
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corrected late triassic latitudes for continents adjacent to the north atlantic |
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