Magnetostratigraphy and plate motion

What does magnetostratigraphy has in common with plate motion?

During my PhD I applied an innovative method to reconstruct high-resolutions APWPs that consists of reconstructing a magnetostratigraphy-derived high-resolution APWP using data from a single but not stable plate.
Such method allows to correct the tectonic rotations between sections, and transfer all data to a unique reference frame (composite section) that can be compared with the foreland APWP (that for the Apennines is Africa). 

The Umbria–Marche sections of the Apennines have demonstrated exceptional magnetic and biostratigraphic potential for magnetostratigraphy. Furthermore, they are well exposed and give the possibility to perform fold and reverse test in order to verify the reliability of the magnetization components isolated. 

Products of this research:

• Speranza F., Satolli S., Mattioli E., Calamita F. (2005), Magnetic stratigraphy of Kimmeridgian-Aptian sections from Umbria-Marche (Italy): New details on the M-polarity sequence, Journal of Geophysical Research 110, B12109, doi:10.1029/2005JB003884

• Satolli S., Besse J., Speranza F., Calamita F. (2007), The 125-150 Ma high-resolution Apparent Polar Wander Path for Adria from magnetostratigraphic sections in Umbria Marche (Northern Apennines, Italy): timing and duration of the global Jurassic-Cretaceous hairpin turn, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 257 (1-2), 329-342, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.03.009 

• Satolli S., Besse J., Calamita F. (2008), Paleomagnetism of Aptian-Albian sections from the Northern Apennines (Italy): Implications for the 150-100 Ma apparent polar wander of Adria and Africa, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 276 (1-2), 115-128, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.09.013

• Satolli S., Turtù A., Donatelli U. (2015), Magnetostratigraphy of the Salto del Cieco section (Northern Apennines, Italy) from the Pliensbachian to Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary, Newsletters on Stratigraphy 48/2, 153–177, doi:10.1127/nos/2016/0076

• Satolli S., Turtù A. (2016), Early Cretaceous magnetostratigraphy of the Salto del Cieco section (Northern Apennines, Italy), Newsletters on Stratigraphy 48/2, 361-382, doi:10.1127/nos/2016/0076