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Datab6fisher: Database B6 from Fisher et al. (1987)

Description

datab6fisher

Usage

data(Datab6fisher)

Arguments

Format

The coordinates are declination and inclination measured in degrees

Details

The data-set Datab6fisher contains 107 measurements of magnetic remanence in samples of Precambrian volcanics collected in Northwest Australia. (Schmidt and Embleton, 1985; see Fisher et al., 1987, pp. 285).

References

Schmidt, P.W. and Embleton, B.J.J. (1985). Pre-folding and overprint magnetic signatures in Precambrian (~2.9-2.7ga) igneous rocks from the Pilbara Craton and Hamersley Basin, N.W. Australia, Journal of Geophysical Research, 90 (B4), 2967--2984.

Fisher, N.I., Lewis, T. and Embleton, B.J.J. (1987). Statistical Analysis of Spherical Data, Cambridge U.K.: Cambridge University Press.