New paleomagnetic results from the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation in South China and their paleogeographic implications

A new paleomagnetic pole is obtained from the top of Member 3 of the Doushantuo Formation in the Jiulongwan section of the Yangtze Gorges area in South China. A total of 191 samples from 23 sites were collected and subjected to stepwise alternating field (AF) and thermal demagnetization. After the removal of a soft component (SC) of viscous magnetic remanence acquired in present geomagnetic field, a high temperature component (HC), likely...