Magnetostratigraphy of the Kavaalani section (southwestern Turkey): Consequence for the origin of the Antalya Calcareous Nappes (Turkey) and for the Norian (Late Triassic) magnetic polarity timescale
- Author(s)
- Yves Gallet, Jean Besse, Leopold Krystyn, Jean Marcoux, Jean Guex, Hervé Theveniaut
- Abstract
A magnetostratigraphic study of the Kavaalani section of uppermost Carnian to Upper Norian age, located in the Antalya Calcareous Nappes (southwestern Turkey), reveals nineteen polarity intervals. This pattern correlates very well with two other polarity sequences obtained from the same nappe system (Bolucektasi Tepe and Kavur Tepe) if these sections were deposited in the same (northern) hemisphere. This new interpretation changes our previous conclusions regarding the southern hemisphere origin of the magnetic remanence of the Kavur Tepe section. The paleomagnetic data obtained from the Kavur Tepe and the Kavaalani sections therefore reflect large (~180°) internal rotations within the Antalya nappes. These nappes were likely formed close to the northern tip of the Arabian promontory. We propose a revised yet still preliminary version of the Norian magnetic polarity sequence.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Palaeontology
- External organisation(s)
- Université de Paris, Université Paris VII - Paris-Diderot, Université de Lausanne, Bureau des Recherches Geologiques et Minieres (BRGM)
- Journal
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Volume
- 27
- Pages
- 2033-2036
- No. of pages
- 4
- ISSN
- 0094-8276
- Publication date
- 2000
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105115 Magnetics
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/ba8d9bb2-7ee8-4b25-9ad6-a316b712b366