Advancing Precambrian palaeomagnetism with the PALEOMAGIA and PINT(QPI) databases

Toni H. Veikkolainen; Andrew John Biggin; Lauri J. Pesonen; David A. Evans; Nicholas A. Jarboe

doi:10.1038/sdata.2017.68

Advancing Precambrian palaeomagnetism with the PALEOMAGIA and PINT(QPI) databases

Toni H. Veikkolainen, Andrew John Biggin, Lauri J. Pesonen, David A. Evans, Nicholas A. Jarboe

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State-of-the-art measurements of the direction and intensity of Earth’s ancient magnetic field have made important contributions to our understanding of the geology and palaeogeography of Precambrian Earth. The PALEOMAGIA and PINT(QPI) databases provide thorough public collections of important palaeomagnetic data of this kind. They comprise more than 4,100 observations in total and have been essential in supporting our international collaborative efforts to understand Earth's magnetic history on a timescale far longer than that of the present Phanerozoic Eon. Here, we provide an overview of the technical structure and applications of both databases, paying particular attention to recent improvements and discoveries.

Original language	English
Article number	170068
Journal	Scientific data
Volume	4
Number of pages	10
ISSN	2052-4463
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.68
Publication status	Published - 23 May 2017
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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114 Physical sciences
geomagnetism
palaeomagnetism
database
Precambrian
mapping

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Advancing Precambrian palaeomagnetism with the PALEOMAGIA and PINT(QPI) databases

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