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In search of a paleomagnetic “smoking gun” for Precambrian plate tectonics TPW on Earth Richards Engebretson, 1992 Nature Supercontinent – TPW predictions TPW legacy A common TPW axis Superior2.22-1.88 Ga Paleomagnetic success story Nuna: United Plates of America Smoking gun at 1.8 Ga Smoking gun at 1.8 Ga * * * Conclusions: Dipole hypothesis likely OK but not certain Total terrane motion = TPW + individual motion Smoking gun: Match APW paths and geology from Evans, 2003 from Evans, 1998, EPSL v.157, p.1-8 Buchan et al., 2000 Kaapvaal2.22-1.87 Ga Buchan et al., 1998 Halls and Heaman, 20