PALEOMAGNETISM OF VENDIAN EARLY CAMBRIAN SEDIMENTARY-ROCKS FROM E FINNMARK, NORWAY

A palaeomagnetic study has been made on Vendian-Early Cambrian rocks o f the Tanafjord and Vestertana groups from the Varanger Peninsula, nor thernmost Norway. Magnetic components of probably primary origin were isolated at two sites apparently unaffected by the Finnmarkian-Scandia n events of the Caledonian Orogeny. Sites situated in the Caledonian G aissa Nappe or close to its front were remagnetized and comparison wit h a tentative Ordovician to Devonian apparent polar wander path indica tes that the remagnetization occurred during these periods.