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Palaeomagnetism of a slowly cooled plutonic terrain in western Greenland

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PALAEOMAGNETIC results from a high grade Precambrian terrain in western Greenland show many features attributable to magnetisation during very slow cooling caused by gradual uplift and erosion. They may locate a whole segment of the Laurentian apparent polar wander (APW) path with unusually high precision and also indicate the probable direction of movement.

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MORGAN, G. Palaeomagnetism of a slowly cooled plutonic terrain in western Greenland. Nature 259, 382–385 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259382a0

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