Paleomagnetic inclinations and relative paleointensity variations during the upper Aptian to middle Albian in Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, South Atlantic Ocean (NE Brazil)

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Gewehr De Mello, Raquel, Savian, Jairo, Gerson,Fauth, Satolli, Sara, Florindo, Fabio, Roisenberg, Henrique, Di Chiara, Anita, Leandro, Carolina, Lopes, Camila, Pontel, Caroline, Frigo, Everton, Santos, Alessandra, Baecker-Fauth, Simone, Bruno, Mauro, Guerra, Rodrigo, Krahl, Guilherme, Kochhann, Karlos, Lopes, Fernando, Trindade, Ricardo, Spagnuolo, Lilla
• Other Authors: #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione AC, Roma, Italia, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Magnetic mineralogy and petrology; Magnetostratigraphy; Palaeomagnetic secular variation; Wever; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae432; https://www.earth-prints.org/handle/2122/57776

During the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous, Earth's magnetic field experienced a high frequency of polarity reversals. This hyperactivity period is followed by a ∼38 Myr prolonged period of stable normal polarity from the Aptian until the Santonian, known as the Cretaceous Normal Superchron (CNS;...