On the British Siluro-Devonian palaeomagnetic field problem: reply to comments by T. H. Torsvik et al.

We appreciate this opportunity to clarify our position on a few central issues of this debate. By our rejection of a number of Palaeozoic palaeomagnetic data from Scotland (Storetvedt et al. 1990), Torsvik et al. accuse us of disregarding all classical field tests. We have never disregarded any classical field test, but would argue that such tests have sometimes been misapplied. Also, we obviously have not rejected all earlier British 'Siluro-Devonian'data, including Scottish results (e.g. table 3, Storetvedt et al. 1990).