Abstract
The direction and magnitude of the magnetization of a uniformly magnetized structure can be computed by combining topographic and magnetic surveys. The previously reported method has been extended to include more than one structure, each possessing its particular magnetization. Also, the bottom of the structure need not be a horizontal plane but can be an arbitrary surface. The method was applied to 21 seamounts, one laccolith and two Aleutian volcanoes. Four of the seamounts were found to be reversely magnetized. The virtual paleomagnetic pole positions for 16 Pacific Ocean seamounts, representing three widely separated locations, are significantly different from the present geomagnetic pole position but near Mesozoic virtual pole positions from Australia. For two locations, radiometric age determinations give an average date for their formation in the Cretaceous. The apparent 30 degree shift in geomagnetic latitude of the seamounts is interpreted as the result of large scale movements of the Pacific Ocean floor or, alternatively, as the result of the paleomagnetic equator being north of its present position in the Pacific during the growth of the seamounts.
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