Paleomagnetic implications on the evolution of the tethys belt from the atlantic ocean to the pamirs since the triassic
Paleomagnetic implications on the evolution of the tethys belt from the atlantic ocean to the pamirs since the triassic
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三叠纪以来特提斯带从大西洋到帕米尔高原演化的古地磁意义
DOI:
10.1016/0040-1951(86)90193-9
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发表时间:
1986
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
J. Sibuet
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作者:
M. Westphal;M. Bazhenov;J. P. Lauer;D. Pechersky;J. Sibuet
We first re-examined the apparent polar wander curves for stable Eurasia and Africa since the Triassic. These curves were then combined together with curves of North and South America according to the kinematics of the Atlantic ocean and a synthetic polar wander curve was given. Then, most of the paleomagnetic results from the Tethys mobile belt, from the Atlantic to the Pamirs, were analysed.Several groups of plates, microplates and blocks can be seen. First, relatively stable regions like Maghreb and Sicily, which have not moved much. Then we have a group formed by Iberia, Sardinia, Italy and, to a lesser extent, Corsica and the Western and Central Alps. For these blocks, movements are anticlockwise rotations chiefly driven by the anticlockwise rotation of Africa, but they are sometimes stronger.To the east, a major change takes place. The north of the Aegean Sea and the Ionian zone are clockwise rotated and these rotations are recent: Oligocene-Miocene for the first part, Pliocene to the present for the second part.A major problem arises in Turkey, Caucasus and Iran. Paleomagnetic results indicate a position far to the south of Eurasia, and, at the same time, geological evidence is in favour of a position close to Eurasia. We discuss these discrepancies.