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对与北大西洋相邻的大陆进行了修正的特里亚斯纪晚期度
1Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. dvk@rci.rutgers.edu
概括
这项研究使用地磁模型纠正古代岩石的倾斜误差. 结果证实了三纪晚期稳定的双极场,并揭示了更快的庞加河漂移,这表明有一个广泛的赤道湿带.
科学领域:
- 古磁力学和地力学 在古磁力学和地力学.
- 早期中生代地球科学 早期中生代地球科学
背景情况:
- 倾斜误差是沉积岩的古磁研究中常见的问题.
- 了解地球的古代磁场对于重建古地理学至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 开发和应用一个统计方法来纠正早期中生纪沉积岩的倾斜误差.
- 为了重建三叠纪晚期的潘盖亚的古磁场和古度.
主要方法:
- 利用统计地磁场模型来识别和纠正倾斜误差.
- 为了验证,对准的沉积岩数据与独立的岩石数据进行了比较.
- 分析了古度数据以推断构造板块运动和气候带.
主要成果:
- 在北美,格陵兰和欧洲的沉积岩中成功纠正倾斜误差.
- 证明了三纪晚期地中心轴性双极场的运行.
- 计算出对潘盖亚这个地区的极向漂移速度为每百万年约0.6度.
结论:
- 地心轴性双极场模型对于三纪晚期是可靠的.
- 潘盖亚在中生代早期经历了显著的度漂移.
- 特里亚斯纪晚期的赤道湿带的宽度与今天的湿带相当.
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