Paleosecular variation and absolute geomagnetic paleointensity records retrieved from the Early Cretaceous Posadas Formation (Misiones, Argentina)

• Main Authors: Mena, Mabel, Vilas, Juan Francisco A.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Argentina; Early Cretaceous; paleomagnetic poles; paleosecular variation; Paraná Magmatic Province; Posadas Formation; Cretaceous; geomagnetic field; magnetic intensity; magnetic reversal; paleolatitude; paleomagnetism; secular variation; thermoremanent magnetization; virtual geomagnetic pole; Misiones [Argentina]; Misiones; Geomagnetic Pole
• Online Access: https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00393169_v55_n2_p279_Mena; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00393169_v55_n2_p279_Mena

The Early Cretaceous may be considered a key period for understanding the evolution of the Earth's magnetic field. Some still unsolved problems are related to the mode of paleosecular variation (PSV) of the Earth's magnetic field before and during the Cretaceous Normal Superchron. We repor...