Biomagnetostratigraphy of the Vikinghøgda Formation, Svalbard (Arctic Norway), and the geomagnetic polarity timescale for the Lower Triassic

• Published in: Geological Society of America Bulletin
• Main Authors: Hounslow, Mark W., Peters, C., Mork, A., Weitschat, W., Vigran, J. O.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Deltadalen; Lusitaniadalen; Norway; Svalbard; Vendomdalen; Vikinghøgda; sverdrup basin
• Online Access: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/13247/; https://doi.org/10.1130/B26103.1

A bio-magnetostratigraphy for the Lower Triassic is constructed, using the ammonoid biostratigraphy from arctic Boreal successions. Combined thermal and alternating field demagnetisation determines the Triassic magnetic field polarity in 86% of specimens, with 36% showing linear trajectory line-fits...