Palaeomagnetic and mineral magnetic analyses of the Deckenschotter of northern Switzerland and southern Germany

Scheidt, Stephanie; Buechi, Marius W.; Egli, Ramon; Biedermann, Andrea R.; Deplazes, Gaudenz

doi:10.1186/s00015-023-00439-y

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Table 3 Overview on the numbers of samples taken at the sites of individual regions and the summarised results of magnetic stratigraphy

From: Palaeomagnetic and mineral magnetic analyses of the Deckenschotter of northern Switzerland and southern Germany

	Site	Unit	Magnetic stratigraphy results^a	Mean direction (declination/inclination)	Comments
Irchel Plateau	EBN	HDS	Normal (8/4) Discarded (5)	21.2°/52.2° (n = 8; A95: 14.3°)	No antiparallel directions MAD range: 6.8°–21.3 °C
	HAS	HDS	Normal (4/4) Reversed (3/3) Discarded (23)	12.1°/57.2° (n = 4; A95 = 17.8°)	Difficult to interpret Once an antiparallel direction MAD range: 9.9°–18.3°
	HAS	HDS	Normal (4/4) Reversed (3/3) Discarded (23)	152.5°/-33.5° (n = 3; A95 = 54.8°)
	HOC	HDS	Normal (1/1) Reversed (6/4) Discarded (16)	5.9°/ 15.8° (MAD = 11.8°)	Antiparallel directions MAD range: 10.5°–37.6°
	HOC	HDS	Normal (1/1) Reversed (6/4) Discarded (16)	186.9°/-37.8° (n = 6; A95 = 25.8°)	Antiparallel directions MAD range: 10.5°–37.6°
	SGI	HDS	Reversed (1/1) Discarded (7)	172.3°/-30.6° (MAD: 14.2°)	Antiparallel directions
Albis Ridge	BUE	HDS	Discarded (5)	#	No primary magnetisation preserved
	UEK	HDS	Normal (1/1) Reversed (14/10) Discarded (16)	27.3°/27.1° (MAD: 16.4°)	No antiparallel directions MAD range: 1.5°–16.4°
	UEK	HDS	Normal (1/1) Reversed (14/10) Discarded (16)	171.1°/−7.4° (A95: 6.3°)	No antiparallel directions MAD range: 1.5°–16.4°
Dürn-Gländ-Egg	TRO	HDS	Discarded (5)	#	Not analysed
	EGG	HDS	Reversed (8/7) Discarded (3)	−4.5°/195.7° (A95: 13.3°)	Overprints not antiparallel MAD range:5.4°–18.3°
	BOP	HDS	Normal (8/8) Discarded (2)	20.3°/28.8° (A95:15.9°)	Once an antiparallel direction MAD range: 1.3°–23.4°
	FEU	HDS	Discarded (7)	#	No primary magnetisation preserved
Lower Aare Valley	ROG	HDS^a	Normal (13/10) Discarded (9)	345.1°/ 30.6° (A95: 9.5°)	No antiparallel directions MAD range: 6.9°–24.1°
	GAE	TDS	Normal (1/1) Discarded (1)	342. 3°/ 48.8° (MAD:16.8°)	Only one sample No antiparallel directions
	ISS	TDS	Normal (8/6) Discarded (6)	346.0°/49.4° (A95: 14.3°)	No antiparallel directions MAD range: 10.2°–27.8°
	BRB	TDS	Normal (3/2) Discarded (1)	349.4°/ 51.4° (A95: 26.6°)	No antiparallel directions MAD range: 7.4°–21.3°
Lake Constance-Schaffhausen	CHO	TDS	Normal (2/2) Discarded (2)	11.1°/ 32.4° (A95: 110.5°)	No antiparallel directions MAD range: 18.0°–25.9°
Lake Constance-Schaffhausen	HUN	TDS	Normal (7/6) Discarded (40)	258.9°/ 52.1° (A95:18.1°)	No antiparallel directions MAD range: 6.8°–23.0°

^aThe numbers in brackets indicate the number of subsamples to which the result applies and the number of depth levels that are represented (e.g., 8/6 means 8 samples from 6 different depth level)

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