Abstract
Forty-four sites were sampled in Upper Cretaceous magmatic rocks in the western part of the Southern Carpathians (Banat area) for a paleomagnetic study. After detailed AF demagnetization, only 10 sites yielded primary remanent magnetizations, the directions of which are similar to those identified in Senonian magmatic rocks from the Apuseni Mountains and the Haţeg and Rusca Montană Basins. The mean paleomagnetic pole for these three areas is compared with those from coeval formations of stable Europe and stable Africa. This comparison shows a large clockwise rotation, both with respect to Africa and Europe, and a northward transport to reach their present-day position during the Tertiary. The relations with adjacent zones of the Tethys mobile belt are also discussed.
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