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- Pesonen, L. J., et al.
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Crustal evolution of Fennoscandia : palaeomagnetic constraints
- 1989
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Ingår i: Tectonophysics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0040-1951 .- 1879-3266. ; 162:1-2, s. 27-49
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Palaeomagnetic poles from Fennoscandia, ranging in age from Archaean to Tertiary, are compiled and graded using a modified Briden-Duff classification scale. An new "filtering" technique is applied to select only the most reliable poles for analysis. The filtering takes into account the following information: 1. (1) source block of rock unit,2. (2) age of rock,3. (3) age of magnetization component,4. (4) scatter of palaeomagnetic directions,5. (5) information from multicomponent analysis of natural remanent magnetization (NRM),6. (6) whether the pole considered belongs to a cluster or subcluster of poles,7. (7) magnetic polarity and8. (8) the author's original assignment of results.Data are still insufficient for the drawing of separate Apparent Polar Wander Paths (APWP) for different blocks or cratons of Fennoscandia. Treating Fennoscandia as a single plate, a new APWP from Archaean to Permian is constructed. From the five previously drawn APWP loops (or "hairpins"), only one, the Jatulian loop (2200-2000 Ma), disappears in filtering. The loops during 1925-1700 Ma and during 1100-800 Ma ago are linked to Svecofennian and Sveconorwegian orogenies, respectively. Palaeomagnetic data support the concept that these orogenies took place episodically; three distinct orogenic pulses (early, middle and late) can be distinguished in the cluster plots of palaeopoles. The drift history of Fennoscandia from Archaean to Permian is presented. During most of geological history, Fennoscandia has occupied low to moderate latitudes and undergone considerable latitudinal shifts and rotations. The Svecofennian and Sveconorwegian orogenies have different kinematic characteristics. During the Svecofennian orogeny, Fennoscandia drifted slowly while rotating a large amount in an anticlockwise sense. During the Sveconorwegian orogeny, it drifted rapidly and rotated first clockwise and then anticlockwise. The most striking feature in the drift velocity curves is, however, the pronounced maxima in the latitudinal drift and rotation rates (˜ 9 cm/yr and ˜ 0.8°/Ma, respectively) during the late Subjotnian-Jotnian anorogenic magmatism and rifting phase (˜1450-1250 Ma ago), possibly reflecting the passage of Fennoscandia across a thermal upwelling (hotspot) at equatorial latitudes. The use of palaeomagnetism in delineating and dating movements between blocks is demonstrated with three examples from the POLAR Profile area, the northernmost section of the European Geotraverse.
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