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Palaeolatitudes from JOIDES Deep Sea Sediment Cores

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IN the framework of plate tectonics the Earth is thought to be composed of a mosaic of rigid plates riding on top of a viscous asthenosphere. The motion of these plates with respect to the Earth's spin axis can be determined using the methods of palaeomagnetism. Measurement of continental rocks1, oceanic islands2 and on seamounts3,4 all yield data which can be used to determine these motions.

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  1. Marine Physical Laboratory of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92037

    JOHN G. SCLATER

  2. School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305

    ALLAN COX

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SCLATER, J., COX, A. Palaeolatitudes from JOIDES Deep Sea Sediment Cores. Nature 226, 934–935 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226934a0

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