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Palaeomagnetic results from the Gordon Subgroup of Tasmania: Further evidence for a late Cretaceous magnetic overprint in Southeastern Australia
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Sharples, C and Klootwijk, CT 1981
, 'Palaeomagnetic results from the Gordon Subgroup of Tasmania: Further evidence for a late Cretaceous magnetic overprint in Southeastern Australia'
, Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, vol. 115
, pp. 85-91
, doi: https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.115.85.
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Abstract
A thermal demagnetization study of 48 limestone samples from the Ordovician Gordon Subgroup of Ida Bay (Tasmania), indicated complete remagnetization (D = 9 .4° I= - 81.4°, k = 137.5, a95 = l. 3o, N = 92 South pole position 59.8°5 1 41.1°E, dp = 2.4°, dm = 2.5°) during Late Cretaceous or less likely Early Tertiary time . This finding further supports a recently recognized Late Cretaceous remagnetization event in southeastern Australia , which is attributed to rift forming processes preceding the opening of t he Tasman Sea. Conodont colour indicates that the limestones studied have not been subjected to temperatures in excess of l00°c . This suggests a possible widespread occurrence of this magnetic overprint.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Authors/Creators: | Sharples, C and Klootwijk, CT |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania |
| ISSN: | 0080-4703 |
| DOI / ID Number: | https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.115.85 |
| Collections: | Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania |
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