Jurassic magnetostratigraphy, 3. Bathonian-Bajocian of Carcabuey, Sierra Harana and Campillo de Arenas (Subbetic Cordillera, southern Spain)

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Four sections in Majocian-Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) pelagic limestone with standard ammonite zonation have yielded magnetic polarity sequences. Magnetic directions in these red to white limestones were obtained by thermal demagnetization and were stable from about 300°C to in excess of 450°C. The polarity patterns indicate that the majority of the Bajocian and Bathonian is characterized by quite frequent reversals of the magnetic field. Lengthy periods of constant polarity, particularly constant normal polarity, were not observed. The average frequency of reversals is about 6 per ammonite zone, which roughly may be interpreted as a frequency of a reversal every 260,000 years, a rate comparable to that of the Miocene-Pliocene. Paleolatitudes of these sites (25-28°) are about 10° south of their present positions; variable clockwise block rotations within the Subbectic region have rotated these sites relative to stable Iberia.

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