Absolute palaeointensity of Oligocene (28-30 Ma) lava flows from the Kerguelen Archipelago.pdfVIP

Geophys. J. Int. (2000) 142, 000–000 3 Absolute palaeointensity of Oligocene (28-30 Ma) lava 0 0 2 r flows from the Kerguelen Archipelago (southern p A Indian Ocean) 7 1 ] h 1 2⋆ 3 2 p G. Plenier , P. Camps , R.S. Coe and M. Perrin - o 1 e Laboratoire G´eophysique, Tectonique et S´edimentologie, CNRS and ISTEEM, Universit´e Montpellier 2 g . s case 060, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France c i s 2 Laboratoire de Tectonophysique, CNRS and ISTEEM, Universit´e Montpellier 2 case 049, y h p 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France [ 1 3 Earth Science Dept, University California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064,USA v 0 6 0 Submitted to Geophysical Journal International 4 March XX, 2003 0 3 0 / s SUMMARY c i s We report palaeointensity estimates obtained from three Oligocene volcanic sections y h p from the Kerguelen Archipelago (Mont des Ruches, Mont des Tempˆetes, and Mont : v i Rabouill`ere). Of 402 available samples, 102 were suitable for a palaeofield strength de- X r termination after a preliminary selection, among which 49 provide a reliable estimate. a Application of strict a posteriori criteria make us confident about the quality of the 12 new mean-flow determinations, which are the first reliable data available for the Kerguelen Archipelago. The Virtual Dipole Moments (VDM) calculated for these flows 22 2 22 2 vary from 2.78 to 9.47 10 Am with an arithmetic mean value of 6.15±2.1 10 Am . Compilation of these results with a selection of the 2002 updated IAGA palaeointensity