Magnetostratigraphy of the uppermost Triassic and lowermost Jurassic Moenave Formation, western United States: Correlation with strata in the United Kingdom, Morocco, Turkey, Italy, and eastern United States

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 2005-2019

  Donohoo Hurley, Linda L ^a   Geissman, John W ^a   Lucas, Spencer G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA , USA; CENTRAL ATLANTIC MAGMATIC PROVINCES; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; FOUR SECTIONS; INFORMATION SUPPORT; JURASSIC; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOZONES; REVERSE POLARITY; STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK; TRIASSIC; TRIASSIC-JURASSIC BOUNDARY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

LIMESTONE; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHERT; EXTRUSION; JURASSIC; LIMESTONE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; RIFTING; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRIASSIC;

ALPS; ARIZONA; ENGLAND; MOROCCO; NEWARK BASIN; SAINT AUDRIE'S BAY; SOMERSET; TURKEY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 78049444966     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30136.1     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Ashby, J.M., Geissman, J.W., and Weil, A.B., 2005, Has the eastern end of the Uinta Mountains been bent?: Paleomagnetic and fault kinematic analysis, in Dehler, C.M., Pederson, J.L., Sprinkel, D.A., and Kowallis, B.J., eds., Geology of the Uinta Mountains: Utah Geological Association Publication 33, p. 285-320.
2. Beck, M.E., Burmester, R.F., and Housen, B.A., 2003, The red bed controversy revisited: Shape analysis of Colorado Plateau units suggests long magnetization times: Tectonophysics, v. 362, no. 1-4, p. 335-344, doi: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00644-3.
3. Besse, J., and Courtillot, V., 2002, Apparent and true polar wander and the geometry of the geomagnetic field over the last 200 Myr: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 107, no. B11, p. 6-1-6-31, doi: 10.1029/2000JB000050.
4. Cirilli, S., Marzoli, A., Tanner, L.H., Bertrand, H., Buratti, N., Jourdan, F., Bellieni, G., Kontak, D., and Renne, P.R., 2009, Late Triassic onset of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) volcanism in the Fundy Basin (Nova Scotia): New stratigraphic constraints: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 286, p. 514-525, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.07.021.
5. Collinson, D.W., 1967, Variation of magnetic properties among red sandstones: Royal Astronomical Society Geophysical Journal, v. 12, no. 197-207.
6. Cornet, B., and Olsen, P.E., 1985, A summary of the biostratigraphy of the Newark Supergroup of eastern North America with comments on provinciality, in Weber III, R., ed., Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontologia Mexico, Simposio Sobre Floras del Triasico Tardio, su Fitogeografia Paleocologia, Memoria: Mexico City, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Geologia, p. 67-81.
7. Cornet, B., and Waanders, G., 2006, Palynomorphs indicate Hettangian (Early Jurassic) age for the Middle Whit-more Point Member of the Moenave Formation, Utah and Arizona, in Harris, J.D., Lucas, S.G., Spielmann, J.A., Lockley, M.G., Milner, A.R.C., and Kirkland, J.I., eds., The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition: Albuquerque, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, p. 390-406.
8. Deenen, M.H.L., Ruhl, M., Bonis, N.R., Krijgsman, W., Kuerschner, W.M., Reitsma, M., and van Bergen, M.J., 2010, A new chronology for the end-Triassic mass extinction: Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
9. Dunlop, D.J., and Stirling, J.M., 1977, "Hard" viscous remanent magnetization (VRM) in fine grained hematite: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 4, p. 163-166, doi: 10.1029/GL004i004p00163.
10. Ekstrand, E.J., and Butler, R.F., 1989, Paleomagnetism of the Moenave Formation: Implications for the Mesozoic North American apparent polar wander path: Geology, v. 17, p. 245-248, doi: 10.1130/0091-7613 (1989)017<0245:POTMFI>2.3.CO;2.
11. Enkin, R.J., 2003, The direction-correction tilt test: An all-purpose tilt/fold test for paleomagnetic studies: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 212, p. 151-166, doi: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00238-3.
12. Fisher, R.A., 1953, Dispersion on a sphere: Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, v. A, no. 217, p. 295-305.
13. Fowell, S.J., and Olsen, P.E., 1993, Time-calibration of the Triassic/Jurassic microfloral turnover, eastern North America: Tectonophysics, v. 222, p. 361-369, doi: 10.1016/0040-1951(93)90359-R.
14. Gallet, Y., Krystyn, L., Marcoux, J., and Besse, J., 2007, New constraints on the end-Triassic (Upper Norian-Rhaetian) magnetostratigraphy: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 255, p. 458-470, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.01.004.
15. Gradstein, F.M., Ogg, J.G., Smith, A.G., Bleeker, W., and Lourens, L.J., 2004, A new geologic time scale with special reference to the Precambrian and Neogene: Episodes, v. 27, p. 83-100.
16. Harshbarger, J.W., Repenning, C.A., and Irwin, J.H., 1957, Stratigraphy of the uppermost Triassic and the Jurassic rocks of the Navajo County: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, p. 12-26.
17. Henry, S., 1979, Chemical demagnetization-Methods procedures and applications through vector analysis: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 16, no. 9, p. 1832-1841.
18. Hesselbo, S.P., Robbinson, S.A., Surlyk, F., and Piasecki, S., 2002, Terrestrial and marine extinction at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary synchronized with major carbon-cycle perturbation: A link to initiation of massive volcanism?: Geology, v. 30, no. 3, p. 251-254, doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0251:TAMEAT>2.0.CO;2.
19. Hesselbo, S.P., McRoberts, C.A., and Palfy, J., 2007, Triassic-Jurassic boundary events: Problems, progress, possibilities: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 244, p. 1-10, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.06.020.
20. Hounslow, M.W., Posen, P., and Warrington, G., 2004, Magnetostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Upper Triassic and lowermost Jurassic succession, Saint Audrie's Bay, UK: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 213, p. 331-358.
21. Kent, D.V., and Olsen, P.E., 1999, Astronomically tuned geomagnetic polarity time scale for the Late Triassic: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 104, no. B6, p. 12,831-12,841, doi: 10.1029/1999JB900076.
22. Kent, D.V., and Olsen, P.E., 2008, Early Jurassic magneto-stratigraphy and paleolatitudes from the Hartford continental rift basin (eastern North America): Testing for polarity bias and abrupt polar wander in association with the central Atlantic magmatic province: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 113, no. B06105, p. 1-24, doi: 10.1029/2007JB005407.
23. Kent, D.V., Wang, H., and Olsen, P.E., 2009, Chron E23r, paleosecular variation, CAMP volcanism and the end-Triassic extinction event: Eos (Transactions, American Geophyiscal Union), v. 90, no. 52, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract GP22A-07.
24. Kirkland, J.I., Lockley, M.G., and Milner, A.R.C., 2002, The Saint George dinosaur tracksite: Utah Survey Notes, v. 34, no. 3, p. 4-5.
25. Kirschvink, J.L., 1980, The least-squares line and plane and the analysis of paleomagnetic data: Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 62, no. 3, p. 699-718.
26. 39Ar dating of CAMP lava flows at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, Morocco: Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 5, p. 12,482.
27. 39Ar evidence from Morocco for brief, episodic volcanism: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 228, p. 143-160, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.09.022.
28. Kozur, H., and Weems, R.E., 2007, Upper Triassic conchostracan biostratigraphy of the continental rift basin of eastern North America: Its importance for correlating Newark Supergoup events with the Germanic basin and the international geologic time scale: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, v. 41, p. 137-188.
29. Kozur, H.W., and Weems, R.E., 2010, The biostratigraphic importance of conchostracans in the continental Triassic of the northern hemisphere, in Lucas, S.G., ed., The Triassic timescale: The Geological Society of London Special Publication 334, p. 315-417.
30. Kuerschner, W.M., Bonis, N.R., and Krystyn, L., 2007, Carbon-isotope stratigraphy and palynostratigraphy of the Triassic-Jurassic transition in the Tiefengraben section-Northern Calcareous Alps (Austria): Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 244, p. 257-280, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.06.031.
31. Litwin, R.J., 1991, Preliminary palynological zonation of the Chinle Formation, southwestern U.S.A., and its correlation to the Newark Supergroup (eastern U.S.A): Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 68, p. 269-287, doi: 10.1016/0034-6667(91)90028-2.
32. Lowrie, W., 1990, Identification of ferromagnetic minerals in a rock by coercivity and unblocking temperature properties: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 17, no. 2, p. 159-162, doi: 10.1029/GL017i002p00159.
33. Lucas, S.G., 2009, Global Jurassic tetrapod biochronology: Volumina Jurassica, v. 6, p. 99-108.
34. Lucas, S.G., and Heckert, A.B., 2001, Theropod dinosaurs and the Early Jurassic age of the Moenave Formation, Arizona-Utah, USA: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. Monatshefte, v. 7, p. 435-448.
35. Lucas, S.G., and Tanner, L.H., 2006, The Springdale member of the Kayenta Formation, Lower Jurassic of Utah-Arizona, in Harris, J.D., Lucas, S.G., Spielmann, J.A., Lockley, M.G., Milner, A.R.C., and Kirkland, J.I., eds., The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition: New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin, v. 37, p. 71-76.
36. Lucas, S.G., and Tanner, L.H., 2007a, Tetrapod biostratigraphy and biochronology of the Triassic-Jurassic transition on the southern Colorado Plateau, USA: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 244, p. 242-256, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.06.030.
37. Lucas, S.G., and Tanner, L.H., 2007b, The non-marine Triassic-Jurassic boundary in the Newark Supergroup of eastern North America: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 84, p. 1-20, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2007.05.002.
38. Lucas, S.G., and Tanner, L.H., 2008, Reexamination of the end-Triassic mass extinction, in Elewa, A.M.T., ed., Mass Extinction: New York, Springer Verlag, p. 66-103.
39. Marzoli, A., Renne, P.R., Piccirillo, E.M., Ernesto, M., Bellieni, G., and De Min, A., 1999, Extensive 220-Million -year-old continental flood basalts of the central Atlantic magmatic province: Science, v. 284, p. 616-618.
40. Marzoli, A., Bertrand, H., Knight, K.B., Cirilli, S., Buratti, N., Verati, C., Nomade, S., Renne, P.R., Youbi, N., Martini, R., Allenbach, N., Neuwerth, R., Rapaille, C., Zaninetti, L., Zaninetti, L., and Bellieni, G., 2004, Synchrony of the central Atlantic magmatic province and the Triassic-Jurassic boundary climate and biotic crisis: Geology, v. 32, no. 11, p. 973-976.
41. McFadden, P.L., and McElhinny, M.W., 1990, Classification of the reversal test in paleomagnetism: Geophysical Journal International, v. 103, no. 3, p. 725-729.
42. Milner, A.R.C., Lockley, M.G., and Kirkland, J.I., 2006, A large collection of well-preserved theropod dinosaur swim tracks from the Lower Jurassic Moenave Formation, Saint George, Utah, in Harris, J.D., Lucas, S.G., Spielmann, J.A., Lockley, M.G., Milner, A.R.C., and Kirkland, J.I., eds., The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition: Albuquerque, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.
43. Molina-Garza, R.S., Geissman, J.W., and Lucas, S.G., 2003, Paleomagnetism and magnetostratigraphy of the lower Glen Canyon and upper Chinle Groups, Jurassic-Triassic of northern Arizona and northeastern Utah: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 108, no. B4, p. 1-24, doi: 10.1029/2002JB001909.
44. Muttoni, G., Kent, D.V., Jadoul, F., Olsen, P.E., Rigo, M., Galli, M.T., and Nicora, A., 2009, Rhaetian magnetobiostratigraphy from the Southern Alps (Italy): Constraints on Triassic chronology: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
45. Olsen, P.E., Kent, D.V., Et-Touhami, M., and Puffer, J., 2003, Cyclo-, magneto-, and bio-stratigraphic constraints on the duration of the CAMP event and its relationship to the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, in Hames, W.E., et al., eds., The Central Atlantic Magmatic Province: Insights from Fragments of Pangea, Geophysical Monograph Series: Washington, D.C., American Geophysical Union, p. 7-32.
46. Opdyke, N.D., and Channell, J.E.T., 1996, Magnetic Stratigraphy: London and San Diego, Academic Press, 364 p.
47. Palfy, J., Demeny, A., Haas, J., Hetenyi, M., Orchard, M.J., and Veto, I., 2001, Carbon isotope anomaly and other geochemical changes at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary from a marine section in Hungary: Geology, v. 29, no. 11, p. 1047-1050, doi: 10.1130/0091-7613 (2001)029<1047:CIAAOG>2.0.CO;2.
48. Palfy, J., Demeny, A., Haas, J., Carter, E.S., Gorog, A., Halasz, D., Oravecz-Scheffer, A., Hetenyi, M., Marton, E., Orchard, M.J., Ozsvart, P., Veto, I., and Zajzon, N., 2007, Triassic-Jurassic boundary events inferred from integrated stratigraphy of the Csovar section, Hungary: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 244, p. 11-33, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.06.021
49. Pipiringos, S.E., and O'Sullivan, R.B., 1978, Principal unconformities in Triassic and Jurassic rocks, western interior United States-A preliminary survey: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1035-A, p. A1-A29.
50. Schoene, B., Guex, J., Bartolini, A., Schaltegger, U., Blackburn, T.., 2010, Correlating the end-Triassic mass extinction and flood basalt volcanism at the 100 ka level: Geology, v. 38, p. 387-390, doi: 10.1130/G30683.1
51. Tanner, L.H., and Lucas, S.G., 2007, The Moenave Formation: Sedimentologic and stratigraphic context of the Triassic-Jurassic boundary in the Four Corners area, southwestern U.S.A: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 244, p. 111-125, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.06.039.
52. Tanner, L.H., and Lucas, S.G., 2009a, Tetrapod trace fossils from lowermost Jurassic strata of the Moenave Formation, northern Arizona, USA: Volumina Jurassica, v. 6, no. 133-141.
53. Tanner, L.H., and Lucas, S.G., 2009b, The Whitmore Point Member of the Moenave Formation: Early Jurassic Dryland Lakes on the Colorado Plateau: Southwestern USA: Volumina Jurassica, v. 6, p. 11-21.
54. Tanner, L.H., Lucas, S.G., and Chapman, M.G., 2004, Assessing the record and causes of Late Triassic extinctions: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 65, p. 103-139, doi: 10.1016/S0012-8252(03)00082-5.
55. Torsvik, T.H., Muller, R.D., Van der Voo, R., Steinberger, B., and Gaina, C., 2008, Global plate motion frames: Toward a unifi ed model: Reviews of Geophysics, v. 46, no. RG3004, p. 1-44, doi: 10.1029/2007RG000227.
56. Van der Voo, R., 1993, Paleomagnetism of the Atlantic, Tethys, and Iapetus Oceans: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
57. van de Schootbrugge, B., Quan, T.M., Lindstrom, S., Puttmann, W., Heunisch, C., Pross, J., Fiebig, J., Petschick , R., Rohling, H.-G., Richoz, S., Rosenthal, Y., and Falkowski, P.G., 2009, Floral changes across the Triassic/Jurassic boundary linked to flood basalt volcanism: Nature Geoscience, v. 2, p. 589-594, doi: 10.1038/ngeo577.
58. Weil, A.B., Geissman, J.W., and Ashby, J.M., 2006, A new paleomagnetic pole for the Neoproterozoic Uinta Mountain Supergroup, Central Rocky Mountain States, USA: Precambrian Research, v. 2655, p. 1-26.
59. Whiteside, J.H., Olsen, P.E., Kent, D.V., Fowell, S.J., and Et-Touhami, M., 2007, Synchrony between the Central Atlantic magmatic province and the Triassic-Jurassic mass-extinction event?: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatol ogy, Palaeoecology, v. 244, p. 345-367, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.06.035.