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Geologica Carpathica, 1993, vol. 44, no. 5
PERMIAN PALAEOSECULAR VARIATION AS RECORDED IN THE LODČVE REDBEDS, SOUTHERN FRANCE
Abstract
The initial goal of this study is to obtain a new insight into the Permian geomagnetic field during the Kiaman Interval (Permo-Carboniferous Reversed Superchron — PCR) through the palaeomagnetic study of a long redbed sequence in the Lodčve Basin, southern France. A section of 1200 m of Upper Permian strata was sampled, representing some 10 Ma. The most definite geomagnetic result is the total absence of normal polarities indicating that the end of the PCR was not reached. It was shown that the VGP dispersion is reduced (~13°), although it is not as small as during the KN superchron (~7°).
Pages:
281 - 287
Published online:
0. 0. 1993