Open AccessA palaeomagnetic study of Devonian sandstone from Central Spitsbergen
Author(s) -
Jeleńska M.,
Lewandowski M.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1986.tb06641.x
Subject(s) - devonian , geology , paleontology , ecological succession , late devonian extinction , bay , carboniferous , oceanography , ecology , structural basin , biology
Summary Samples from the Devonian red bed succession of Wood Bay‐Formation from Central Spitsbergen were thermally demagnetized. The vector‐subtraction analytical method of separation of NRM components revealed stable magnetic directions ascribed to a Devonian palaeofield. The mean palaeomagnetic direction: D = 58°; I = 12° yields the palaeomagnetic pole position: 12° N; 135°E, close to the Lower Devonian pole for Great Britain, indicating that Spitsbergen was as similarly related to continental Europe as the British Islands at that time.