Paleomagnetic Study of the Southern Alaska Superterrane:  A Test for Transport on the Kula Plate
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A compilation of paleomagnetic data suggests that the Southern Alaska           superterrane moved with a northerly component of motion of some 24 cm/yr        during the Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary.  The best hypothesis,            accounting for this unusually rapid motion, is to invoke northward              transport of this superterrane on the Kula plate.  The purpose of this          study is to verify the high terrane velocity, refine this velocity              estimate and test the hypothesis of a Kula plate transport mechanisms.          If the Southern Alaska superterrane was transported on the Kula plate, a        21 degree - 27 degree shift in paleolatitude is predicted for the Late          Cretaceous.  A detailed paleomagnetic study of Upper Cretaceous rocks           should easily demonstrate this latitudinal shift by showing a 30 degree         -41 degree change in mean paleomagnetic inclination over the sampled            section.  In addition, a pronounced kink (at 82-85 m. y.) in the                apparent polar wander path constructed from the paleomagnetic data              should record the birth of the Kula plate and subsequent rapid northward        motion.
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