Zenong Group Paleomagnetic Data for Late Jurassic Lhasa Terrane

A high-quality paleomagnetic dataset from ca. 147 Ma Zenong Group lavas passes seven established quality criteria. The dataset provides a key constraint on the Late Jurassic paleolatitude of the westernmost Lhasa terrane. It was authored by Suo Wang and published on figshare in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing Late Jurassic paleolatitudes based on paleomagnetic measurements.
• Analyzing tectonic plate motion for the Lhasa terrane based on geochronological constraints.
• Testing paleomagnetic reliability using the Van der Voo and Meert quality criteria.
• Investigating the final closure of the Meso-Tethys Ocean based on volcanic rock data.

Strengths

• Dataset passes all seven quality criteria proposed by Van der Voo (1990) and Meert et al. (2020).
• Provides a key constraint on the Late Jurassic paleolatitude of the Lhasa terrane.
• Data files include multiple formats (JPG, TXT, JR6, DOCX, XLS) likely containing raw measurements, images, and documentation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific volcanic rock samples from the Shiquanhe area.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Paleomagnetic and geochronological analysis of volcanic rocks.

Time Range

Late Jurassic (ca. 147 Ma)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 08:51:25; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Shiquanhe area, westernmost Lhasa terrane