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Palaeomagnetic Data from the Palaeozoic Basement of the Alps

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Palaeomagnetic data from the Palaeozoic basement of the Alps (Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian) show two distinct patterns of magnetization directions, the “European” and the “African”. For this definition APWPs of Europe and Africa were used as the tectonic frame. All data which were found to be of primary origin and within the Alpine orogene show “African” affinity, outside “European”. This pattern fits the Mesozoic and Cenozoic one and is therefore understood as being young in origin.

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  1. Institut für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Universität Pérolles, CH-1700, Fribourg, Switzerland

    J. F. von Raumer

  2. Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Karl-Franzens-Universität, Heinrichstraße 26, A-8010, Graz, Austria

    Franz Neubauer

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Mauritsch, H.J. (1993). Palaeomagnetic Data from the Palaeozoic Basement of the Alps. In: von Raumer, J.F., Neubauer, F. (eds) Pre-Mesozoic Geology in the Alps. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84640-3_10

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