Was Baltica right-way-up or upside-down in the Neoproterozoic?

Baltica is a progeny of Rodinia, born from the breakup of the supercontinent in the Neoproterozoic. Within Rodinia, Baltica is generally placed adjacent to NE Laurentia but in a variety of configurations, which vary by up to 3000 km along the strike of the Laurentian margin and include both right-wa...

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Main Authors: Cawood, Peter Anthony, Pisarevsky, Sergei A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2006
Subjects:
POLAR WANDER PATH
LAYERED MAFIC INTRUSION
SKINNER COVE VOLCANICS
EAST EUROPEAN CRATON
LONG-RANGE DYKES
PALEOMAGNETIC DATA
WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND
IAPETUS OCEAN
RED SEDIMENTS
TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE
Greenland
Skinner Cove
Newfoundland
Online Access:https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/was-baltica-rightwayup-or-upsidedown-in-the-neoproterozoic(d4e4933b-566a-4819-8936-9f4b4ea0b444).html
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Summary:Baltica is a progeny of Rodinia, born from the breakup of the supercontinent in the Neoproterozoic. Within Rodinia, Baltica is generally placed adjacent to NE Laurentia but in a variety of configurations, which vary by up to 3000 km along the strike of the Laurentian margin and include both right-way-up and upside-down orientations (current coordinates). Geological and palaeomagnetic data show that the only viable reconstruction juxtaposes the western Scandinavian margin of Baltica, in its right-way-up orientation, against the Rockall-Scotland-SE Greenland segment of Laurentia.

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