On the possibility of a widespread remagnetization of pre-Oligocene rocks from Northeast Japan and the Miocene rotational opening of the Japan Sea

Details On the possibility of a widespread remagnetization of pre-Oligocene rocks from Northeast Japan and the Miocene rotational opening of the Japan Sea On the possibility of a widespread remagnetization of pre-Oligocene rocks from Northeast Japan and the Miocene rotational opening of the Japan Sea

Jul 1987

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 84, Issue 2-3, p. 321-338.

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We present new paleomagnetic results from the well dated Miyako Cretaceous sediments (100-110 Ma) from Northeast Japan. These results, combined with those of Tosha [1], yield an in-situ characteristic direction D = 321°, I = 54.5° (α95 = 4.5°), N = 14 sites; reduced to a reference point at 40°N, 142°E). This direction is found to coincide with that of most older plutonic and sedimentary rocks of Devonian to lower Cretaceous age. It is also identical with the westerly pre-folding direction which is preserved in many Oligocene (20-40 Ma) formations from Northeast Japan [1,2]. In contrast, all recent formations (0-17 Ma) have been magnetized in the direction of the present axial dipole field. Only the Oligocene and Miocene results appear to be primary, or at least pre-folding. The Miyako sulfide-bearing sediments and lower Cretaceous (110-125 Ma) magnetite-bearing granites could either still bear a primary magnetization or be completely remagnetized by a low temperature chemical event. Evidence for such events is now found in many places, and as close as South Korea. Available data constrain the Oligo-Miocene history of Northeast Japan and indicate at least 20/30° counterclockwise rotation with respect to mainland Asia during the opening of the Sea of Japan. On the other hand, the pre-40 Ma history of Northeast Japan is not well constrained and three models are proposed which are compatible with various interpretations of the data. None of them can presently document pro-Oligocene motion of Northeast Japan with respect to Asia. The most ``economical'' model implies widespread remagnetization. We conclude that, because of the scarcity of well tested primary magnetization directions, the classical bending of the Japanese Islands rests on weaker grounds than generally realized and that no pre-40 Ma apparent polar wander path of the Japanese Islands can safely be proposed.

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