A new method for calculating the locality mean direction of a paleomagnetic fold test
Dedi Setiabudidaya · 2017
This paper proposes a new method to calculate a locality mean by using Fisher statistic in paleomagnetic research. The new method uses α95 in defining a weight for each site mean. Previously, a unit weight is given to all site means which may lead to wrong a locality mean due to some site means having large α95s. The interpretation of this erroneously calculated paleomagnetic direction will locate the area being investigated in the incorrect paleolatitude. Besides giving more accurate paleomagnetic directions, the locality mean directions derived from this new method give more consistent paleomagnetic fold test results, especially in deformed areas.