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Paleomagnetism of the Silurian-Devonian Andreas redbeds; evidence for an Early Devonian supercontinent?

John D. Miller and Dennis V. Kent
Paleomagnetism of the Silurian-Devonian Andreas redbeds; evidence for an Early Devonian supercontinent?
Geology (Boulder) (March 1988) 16 (3): 195-198

Abstract

Two components of magnetization were isolated in the Silurian-Devonian Andreas redbeds of the central Appalachians of Pennsylvania (lat 40.75 degrees N, long 75.78 degrees W): a thermally distributed, synfolding B component, and a thermally discrete, pre-Alleghenian-age folding C component. The C component mean direction and associated pole position correspond to a Silurian-Devonian paleolatitude for the Andreas location of about 35 degrees S, which, in conjunction with Early Devonian results from Gondwana, is consistent with an Early Devonian supercontinent configuration.


ISSN: 0091-7613
EISSN: 1943-2682
Coden: GLGYBA
Serial Title: Geology (Boulder)
Serial Volume: 16
Serial Issue: 3
Title: Paleomagnetism of the Silurian-Devonian Andreas redbeds; evidence for an Early Devonian supercontinent?
Affiliation: Lamont-Doherty Geol. Obs., Palisades, NY, United States
Pages: 195-198
Published: 198803
Text Language: English
Publisher: Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, CO, United States
References: 30
Accession Number: 1988-027160
Categories: StratigraphySolid-earth geophysics
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Annotation: Lamont-Doherty Geol. Obs., Contrib. No. 4215
Illustration Description: illus. incl. 1 table, sketch maps
N40°42'00" - N40°47'60", W75°47'60" - W75°42'00"
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute.
Update Code: 1988
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