Paleo—Latitude Variation of Guizhou Terrain from Devonian to Cretaceous

Paleo-latitude variation of Guizhou terrain from Devonian to Cretaceous

Over 800 paleomagnetic samples were collected from 79 sample localities, ranging in age from Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian to Jurassic for paleo-latitude research on the Guizhou terrain. The area sampled covers 13 counties with an area of about 50000 km². The paleomagnetic results obtained indicate that the Guizhou terrain was at 11.4°S in Devonian, 4.5°-9.3°S in Carboniferous, 2.6° − 4.5°S in Permian, 14.8°N in Triassic and 24.5° − 26.0°N in Jurassic. In the Cretaceous period, the paleo-latitude of the area was at 22.4 − 23.6°N. Therefore, a variation curve of paleo-latitude is established in this paper for the Guizhou terrain from Late Devonian to Late Cretaceous time.