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The Geomagnetic Field in Upper Triassic Times in the United States

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IT is commonly assumed1 that magnetically stable rocks have a remanent magnetization in the direction of the geomagnetic field at the time of formation, and that the mean direction determined from samples collected through a considerable thickness of one rock formation is that of a dipole field orientated along the axis of rotation of the Earth at that time.

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  1. Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa

    P. M. DU BOIS

  2. Department of Geophysics, National University, Canberra

    E. IRVING

  3. King's College, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1

    N. D. OPDYKE & S. K. RUNCORN

  4. University of Tasmania, Hobart

    M. R. BANKS

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DU BOIS, P., IRVING, E., OPDYKE, N. et al. The Geomagnetic Field in Upper Triassic Times in the United States. Nature 180, 1186–1187 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1801186a0

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