Abstract
Paleomagnetic results are presented for two Paleoproterozoic mafic dykes in the Taivalkoski area in northern Karelia Province of the Fennoscandian shield where, based on K-Ar data, the crust has seen minimal effects of the otherwise pervasive 1.8–1.9Ga Svecofennian orogeny. Within this study a new U–Pb baddeleyite age of 2339±18Ma has been determined for one of the E–W trending dykes (dyke AD13).The paleomagnetic results show that a strong Svecofennian overprinting is pervasive in the area. Upon thermal or AF demagnetization four remanence directions were obtained. Most typical are the secondary Svecofennian remanence direction A (intermediate down to the NNW) and remanence direction B (intermediate down to the NNE). Component D (D=115.4°, I=50.5°, α95=2.6°) yielding a virtual geomagnetic pole (VGP) D (Plat=−19.5°N, Plon=263.3°, A95=3.1°) is obtained from baked rocks for dyke WD, and based on a positive baked contact test is interpreted to represent the primary magnetization dating from about 2.4Ga. Dyke AD13 carries only secondary A and B components, its unbaked host migmatites carry reversed A (AR) component, and the baked host rock carries a component D′ (D=134.5°, I=−7.3°, α95=8.8°), which yields a VGP pole D′ (Plat=−20.4°N, Plon=257.3°, A95=7.6°), possibly representing magnetization at 2.3Ga.The new paleomagnetic data from the Karelia Province compared to similar-aged paleomagnetic data from the Superior Province does not support the recently proposed Superia configuration, based upon dyke swarm trajectories.
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