New palaeomagnetic results from the Kerguelen Islands |
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| Authors: | Bernard Henry Claude Plessard |
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| Institution: | GDR'Magnétisme des Roches' of the CNRS, Laboratoire de Géomagnétisme, 4 avenue de Neptune, 94107 Saint-Maur cedex, France |
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| Abstract: | New palaeomagnetic analyses have been carried out in the Kerguelen Islands on 32 lava flows of well-established age (20–22 Ma). Combined with previous studies, they yield a reliable pole for the Lower Miocene for the Antarctic plate: N = 59 flows. 349.9°E, 83.5°S, A95= 6.1°. A reversal sequence reversed-normal has been identified in the Port Jeanne d'Arc section. |
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| Keywords: | Antarctica geodynamics Indian Ocean Miocene magnetic polarity palaeomagnetism |
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