Open AccessRecent Developments in Paleomagnetism and Geomagnetism: Sixth Nordic Paleomagnetic Workshop; Lule, Sweden, 15–22 September 2009
Author(s) -
Elming S.Å.,
Pesonen L. J.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2009eo510006
Subject(s) - paleomagnetism , precambrian , phanerozoic , geology , period (music) , geography , archaeology , paleontology , cenozoic , physics , structural basin , acoustics
The Sixth Nordic Paleomagnetic Workshop was held in northern Sweden. The meeting focused on discussion of recent developments in paleomagnetism/geomagnetism, covering topics including thousand‐year‐scale geomagnetic field variations, paleoclimate of the Holocene (∼10,000 years ago to the present), Phanerozoic (∼545 million years ago to the present) plate reconstructions, and Precambrian (more than ∼545 million years ago) supercontinents. The workshop series began in 1986 in Espoo, Finland, in connection with the European Geotraverse Project. Since then, workshops have occurred every 45 years: the second in Sweden (1990), the third in Norway (1994), the fourth in Denmark (1999), and the fifth in Finland (2005). A total of 23 paleomagnetists and geomagnetists representing 12 countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, India, Finland, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States) participated in the sixth workshop.