期刊
STUDIA GEOPHYSICA ET GEODAETICA
卷 61, 期 2, 页码 233-248出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-016-1027-x
关键词
Upper Cretaceous; paleomagnetism; Western Mexico; rock-magnetism; vertical axis rotation; magnetostratigraphy
资金
- UNAM-PAPIIT project [IA102213]
- CONACyT Ciencia Basica [CB-2009-01-00131191]
- UNAM-DGAPA-PAPIIT project [IN10524]
- CGL DGI I+D+i Spanish project [2011-29474-C02-01]
We present a detailed rock-magnetic and paleomagnetic survey from Autlan volcanic succession in western Mexico. The principal aim of this study is to extend paleomagnetic data from Autlan lavas in order to confirm vertical-axis rotation observed in reconnaissance study and to evaluate long-term variation of the geomagnetic field strength based on existing and global data. The mean inclination (44.7 degrees) is in agreement with the expected inclination for 60 and 70 Ma, as derived from available reference poles for the North American craton. The declination (333.6 degrees), however, is significantly different from those expected, which suggests a statistically significant counterclockwise tectonic rotation ranging between 10 degrees +/- 6 degrees and 14 degrees +/- 7 degrees. As a measure of paleosecular variation (PSV), we obtained a geomagnetic field dispersion of 9.6 degrees (upper and lower limits: 7.2 degrees-11.9 degrees) in perfect agreement with the previously published PSV compilation of selected Cretaceous data from lavas. The mean virtual dipole moments available for Autlan lavas are about 65% of the present geomagnetic axial dipole but are in reasonably good agreement with other comparable quality determinations between 5 and 90 Ma. This reinforces the hypothesis that low geomagnetic field strengths persisted for the entire Jurassic extending into the Upper Cretaceous.
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