1. Presented by
Paul Beattie
PALEOMAGNETISM
NEAR FOSSIL FALLS:
POWER LINE ROAD

2. LOCATION
Qb2-Basalt of upper Little Lake Ranch
Qfo-Older alluvial fan deposit
Qb3-Basalt of Red Hill
(Colin B. Amos1)
Qb2
Qb3
Qfo
Qbc3-Cinder of Red Hill
Qbc3
Qbc2-Cinder of upper Little Lake Ranch
Qbc2
Fossil
Falls
Little
Lake
Test
site
(197 ± 11 ka)

3. HYPOTHESIS
 Fossil falls area had lavas that occurred about the time of an
excursion.
 Iceland Basin excursion (185–190 ka)
 Pringle Falls (211 ka).

4. METHODS
(Butler)

5. METHODS

6. ZIJDERVELD
DIAGRAMS

7. STEREONET

8. PALEOMAGNETISM
(Laj)
(197 ± 11 ka)

9. CONCLUSION
Dec.=.6±21.4; Inc.=65.2±9.0; Α95=9; k=39.1; S=13.8; n=8