Magnetostratigraphy of the Upper Jurassic : Magnetic Polarity Zonation and European Paleomagnetic Poles

Over the last couple decades, extended research has been conducted to resolve questions about the Jurassic, a time when the Pangaea was split into new continents and the present Pacific plate was formed. However, the Pacific spreading recorded by the pre-M25 marine magnetic anomalies remained uncalibrated due to the incomplete magnetic polarity results from some Middle and Upper Jurassic outcrops. In addition, the paleolatitude and rotation of the European plate during this period remained uncertain due to sparse and insufficient paleomagnetic data. This book verifies the above mentioned problems by determining the movement of the European plate, Pacific spreading rates, duration of the biozones and inter-regional correlations of paleomarkers for the Upper Jurassic, based on an interdisciplinary research from the continental Europe and British Isles, which combines magnetostratigraphy, paleomagnetism, biostratigraphy, marine magnetic anomaly records and cyclostratigraphy. Presented results should be beneficial particularly for geoscientists, whose research is focused on the Jurassic but also other periods in the Earth history.