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First paleomagnetic evidence for rotation of the Ionian Zone of Albania
Author(s) -
Speranza F.,
Kissel C.,
Islami I.,
Hyseni A.,
Laj C.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/92gl00575
Subject(s) - paleomagnetism , clockwise , geology , rotation (mathematics) , paleontology , cretaceous , sedimentary rock , seismology , geophysics , geometry , mathematics
A paleomagnetic study of 170 samples obtained from 15 sites from Cretaceous, Eocene and Oligocene sedimentary rocks documents a ∼45° clockwise rotation of the Albanian Ionian zone. This rotation is certainly post‐Eocene and most probably post‐Oligocene. These results show that the entire Ionian zone has undergone a semi rigid rotation about a pole of rotation situated farther north than previously believed.