The palaeolatitude of Australia through phanerozoic time
- 1 January 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Journal of the Geological Society of Australia
- Vol. 19 (4), 475-482
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00167617308728816
Abstract
Palaeolatitude data obtained from palaeomagnetic studies of Australian formations are described and compared with the palaeoclimatic zones inferred from geological observations. The two techniques produce results which agree for most of the Palaeozoic. Only for the Early Cambrian (and late Proterozoic) and Mesozoic do the climatic indicators appear to contradict the palaeolatitude evidence. It is pointed out that each of these geological intervals follows immediately a period of widespread glaciation.Keywords
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