Terrane wrecks (coupled oroclines) and paleomagnetic inclination anomalies

Palinspastic restoration of the Alaskan and Carpathian-Balkan oroclines fully accounts for the translations recorded by the Cordilleran and Eastern Mediterranean inclination anomalies, respectively. Restoration of the Iberian coupled oroclines confirms the existence of Paleotethys, but only accounts for one third of the paleolatitudinal discrepancy recorded by the Variscan inclination anomaly. Fully resolving the Variscan inclination anomaly requires: (1) a paleomagnetic data set of greater temporal and spatial extent; (2) refinement of the geometric and geological continuity of the Variscan belt across Western Europe.