Paleomagnetic evidence from Mesozoic carbonate rocks for the rotation of Sardinia
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Jan 22, 1981
Keywords:
Rotation of Sardinia,
Mesozoic limestones,
paleomagnetism,
rock magnetism
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Vols. 1-18 (1924-1944), ISSN 0044-2801
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Abstract
The remanent magnetizations have been analysed in Cretaceous and Jurassic limestones, and Triassic dolomites, from Eastern and Central Sardinia. Ore microscopy and rock magnetic studies, including the acquisition of isothermal remanent magnetization (IRM) and the behavior of IRM during high temperature treatment, indicated that magnetite and goethite determine the paleomagnetic properties of these carbonate rocks. At all Cretaceous sites the remanences were either too weak or too unstable to be used for a paleomagnetic study. AF and thermal demagnetization were used to isolate the characteristic remanent magnetization (ChRM) in the Jurassic and Triassic samples. Rejection criteria were used to eliminate about one third of these samples because of directional instability, or because only very stable secondary magnetizations associated with goethite were present. For the remaining samples the ChRM direction associated with primary magnetite was extracted with the aid of vector diagrams or vector difference calculations. The ChRM directions are rotated by 70°–90° counterclockwise relative to European directions and by 35°–45° counterclockwise relative to African directions. Part of this results from the 30° microplate rotation of Sardinia in the Miocene. The remainder is due to an earlier phase of microplate rotation which took place in post-Late Jurassic time.
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Horner, F., & Lowrie, W. (1981). Paleomagnetic evidence from Mesozoic carbonate rocks for the rotation of Sardinia. Journal of Geophysics, 49(1), 11-19. Retrieved from https://journal.geophysicsjournal.com/JofG/article/view/274
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Smith, A.G., Hallam, A. (1970) The fit of the southern continents. Nature 225:139-144
Storetvedt, K.M., Markhus, L.A. (1978) Multivectorial magnetization in late Palaeozoic volcanics from North Sardinia; partial remagnetization and rotation. Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc. 53:245-258
Storetvedt, K.M., Petersen, N. (1976) Postulated rotation of Corsica not confirmed by new palaeomagnetic data. J. Geophys. 42:59-71
VandenBerg, J. (1979) Paleomagnetism and the changing configuration of the Western Mediterranean area in the Mesozoic and Early Cenozoic eras. Geol. Ultriectina 20, 178 pp.
Van der Voo, R., French, R.B. (1974) Apparent polar wandering for the Atlantic-bordering continents: Late Carboniferous to Eocene. Earth Sci. Rev. 1O:99-119
Van der Yoo, R., Lowrie, W. (1979) A preliminary magnetic study of Jurassic limestones from the Swiss Jura mountains and adjacent areas (abstract). EoS, Trans. AGU 60:569
Westphal, M., Bardon, C., Bossert, A., Hamzeh, R. (1973) A computer fit of Corsica and Sardinia against southern France. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 18:137-140
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