Paleomagnetism: Magnetic Domains to Geologic Terranes

Paleomagnetism is a cornerstone of plate tectonics. It has supplied data about past locations of continents and ocean plates and is today providing evidence about motion histories of suspect terranes, continental growth, and mountain belt formation. It has also allowed major refinement of stratigraphic correlations and geochronologic calibrations of both marine and nonmarine fossil zonations. This volume provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of paleomagnetism along with examples of tectonic and geochronologic applications. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.