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PALEOMAGNETIC EVIDENCE FOR TERTIARY COUNTERCLOCKWISE ROTATION OF ADRIA WITH RESPECT TO AFRICA

Emő Márton

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Abstract Paleomagnetic observations are presented from: (1) the Adriatic foreland, (2) the imbricated margin of Adria and (3) the circum-Adriatic region, including from north of the Periadriatic line and from the Dinaric nappe system. Results from the Adriatic foreland call for the separation of Adria from Africa during the Tertiary, based upon significant counterclockwise rotation with respect to Africa observed on Eocene rocks. The rotation timing is constrained more precisely by paleomagnetic results from the imbricated Adria margin and from areas surrounding Adria. Results from these regions suggest that the most likely time for the rotation is the end of Miocene to the earliest Pliocene.

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Abstract Paleomagnetic observations are presented from: (1) the Adriatic foreland, (2) the imbricated margin of Adria and (3) the circum-Adriatic region, including from north of the Periadriatic line and from the Dinaric nappe system. Results from the Adriatic foreland call for the separation of Adria from Africa during the Tertiary, based upon significant counterclockwise rotation with respect to Africa observed on Eocene rocks. The rotation timing is constrained more precisely by paleomagnetic results from the imbricated Adria margin and from areas surrounding Adria. Results from these regions suggest that the most likely time for the rotation is the end of Miocene to the earliest Pliocene.

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Abstract Paleomagnetic observations are presented from: (1) the Adriatic foreland, (2) the imbricated margin of Adria and (3) the circum-Adriatic region, including from north of the Periadriatic line and from the Dinaric nappe system. Results from the Adriatic foreland call for the separation of Adria from Africa during the Tertiary, based upon significant counterclockwise rotation with respect to Africa observed on Eocene rocks. The rotation timing is constrained more precisely by paleomagnetic results from the imbricated Adria margin and from areas surrounding Adria. Results from these regions suggest that the most likely time for the rotation is the end of Miocene to the earliest Pliocene.

Key concepts: Clockwise, Paleomagnetism, Foreland basin, Geology, Paleontology, Rotation (mathematics), Margin (machine learning), Nappe

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