Completing the loop of the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous true polar wander event

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The reorientation of Earth through rotation of its solid shell relative to its spin axis is known as True polar wander (TPW). It is well-documented at present, but the occurrence of TPW in the geologic past remains controversial. This is especially so for Late Jurassic TPW, where the veracity and dynamics of a particularly large shift remain debated. Here, we report three palaeomagnetic poles at 153, 147, and 141 million years (Myr) ago from the North China craton that document an ~ 12° southward shift in palaeolatitude from 155-147 Myr ago (~1.5° Myr-1), immediately followed by an ~ 10° northward displacement between 147-141 Myr ago (~1.6° Myr-1). Our data support a large round-trip TPW oscillation in the past 200 Myr and we suggest that the shifting back-and-forth of the continents may contribute to the biota evolution in East Asia and the global Jurassic-Cretaceous extinction and endemism.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

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Nature communications - 15(2024), 1 vom: 12. März, Seite 2183

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Englisch

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Hou, Yifei [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Pan [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Huafeng [VerfasserIn]
Mitchell, Ross N [VerfasserIn]
Li, Qiuli [VerfasserIn]
Hao, Wenxing [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Min [VerfasserIn]
Ward, Peter D [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Chenglong [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Rixiang [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 15.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1038/s41467-024-46466-7

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NLM369619390