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Winterswijk
In July 2007, we undertook a paleomagnetic sampling campaign in the Triassic of the Netherlands. Although there is not much exposure of pre-Quarternary geology, the infamous Muschelkalk quarry of Winterswijk provides an opportunity to determine the Triassic paleoposition of the Netherlands in two time slices: the Anisian (~240 Ma), which is exposed as the top of the Bunter and the base of the Muschelklak, and a thin layer of Rhaetian (~200 Ma) at its top. The results of this small study add to the Triassic apparent polar wander path of Europe, and with over 300 samples, the Triassic paleoposition of the Netherlands will be quite certain...
The team...
Martijn Deenen, PhD student at the Paleomagnetic Laboratory 'Fort Hoofddijk' in Utrecht
Lars van Hinsbergen, physical geographer and secondary school teacher
Flora Boekhout, now a PhD student at the University of Geneva, Switserland
...and me
An impression...
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Netherlands 2007
