Paleomagnetism. Continental and oceans / Палеомагнетизм. Континенты и океаны

This book is the sequel to Palaeomagnetism and Plate Tectonics written by Michael W. McElhinny, first published in 1973. The aim of that book was to explain the intricacies of paleomagnetism and of plate tectonics and then to demonstrate that paleomagnetism confirmed the validity of the new paradigm. Today it is no longer necessary to explain plate tectonics, but paleomagnetism has progressed rapidly over the past 25 years. Furthermore, magnetic anomaly data over most of the oceans have been analyzed in the context of sea-floor spreading and reversals of the Earth's magnetic field. Oceanic data can also be used to determine paleomagnetic poles by combining disparate types of data, from deep-sea cores, seamounts, and magnetic anomalies. Our aim here is to explain paleomagnetism and its contribution in both the continental and the oceanic environment, following the general outline of the initial book. We demonstrate the use of paleomagnetism in determining the evolution of the Earth's crust. <...>