Pliensbachian magnetostratigraphy: new data from Paris Basin (France) |
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Authors: | Marie-Gabrielle Moreau Hugo BucherAnne-Marie Bodergat Jean Guex |
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Institution: | a Laboratoire de Paléomagnétisme, Institut de Physique du Globe, 4 place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex, France b Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Zürich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, CH-8006 Zürich, Switzerland c Laboratoire Paléoenvironnements et Paléobiosphère, CNRS UMR 2158, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, 27-43 Bd. du 11 novembre, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France d Institut de Géologie et Paléontologie, BFSH-2, Université de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Sampling of an industrial drill string from the northeastern Paris Basin (Montcornet, France) provides early Jurassic magnetostratigraphic data coupled with biochronological control. About 375 paleomagnetic samples were obtained from a 145 m thick series of Pliensbachian rocks. A composite demagnetization thermal up to 300°C and an alternating field up to 80 mT were used to separate the magnetic components. A low unblocking temperature component (<250°C) with an inclination of about 64° is interpreted as a present-day field overprint. The characteristic remanent component with both normal and reversed antipodal directions was isolated between 5 and 50 mT. Twenty-nine polarity intervals were recognized. Correlation of these new results from the Paris Basin with data from the Breggia Gorge section (Ticino, southern Alps, Switzerland), which is generally considered as the reference section for Pliensbachian magnetostratigraphy, reveals almost identical patterns of magnetic polarity reversals. However, the correlation implies significant paleontological age discrepancies. Revised age assignments of biostratigraphic data of Breggia as well as an objective evaluation of the uncertainties on zonal boundaries in both Breggia and Moncornet resolve the initial discrepancies between magnetostratigraphic correlations and biostratigraphic ages. Hence, the sequence of magnetic reversals is significantly strengthened and the age calibration is notably improved for the Pliensbachian, a stage for which sections combining adequate magnetic signal and biostratigraphic constraints are still very few. |
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Keywords: | magnetostratigraphy biostratigraphy Lower Jurassic correlation |
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