Cambrian palaeomagnetic data from Baltica: implications for true polar wander and Cambrian palaeogeography
@article{Torsvik2001CambrianPD, title={Cambrian palaeomagnetic data from Baltica: implications for true polar wander and Cambrian palaeogeography}, author={Trond H. Torsvik and Emma F. Rehnstr{\"o}m}, journal={Journal of the Geological Society}, year={2001}, volume={158}, pages={321 - 329} }
A reliable Early Cambrian (c. 535 Ma) and a preliminary Late Cambrian (c. 500 Ma) palaeomagnetic pole from Baltica (Sweden) overlap within uncertainty, and they are also broadly compatible with Vendian (c. 583 Ma) palaeomagnetic data. Apparent polar wander for Baltica amounts to less than 25° between 583 and 500 Ma and, therefore, negates recent speculations that the Earth tipped 90° during the Early Cambrian (true polar wander). Throughout Vendian and Cambrian times, Baltica lay at southerly…
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