\BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.1}{Introduction}{}% 1 \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.2}{Import libraries}{}% 2 \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.3}{Import Simpson Island paleomagnetic data}{}% 3 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.3.1}{Table of Simpson Island paleomagnetic data}{section.3}% 4 \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.4}{Comparison between data from the lower 1/3, middle 1/3 and upper 1/3 of Simpson Island stratigraphy}{}% 5 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.4.1}{Test for a common mean between paleomagnetic data from the lower, middle and upper thirds of the stratigraphy}{section.4}% 6 \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.4.1.1}{Common mean tests between SI\137LowerThird\137Directions and SI\137MiddleThird\137Directions:}{subsection.4.1}% 7 \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.4.1.2}{Common mean tests between SI\137MiddleThird\137Directions and SI\137UpperThird\137Directions:}{subsection.4.1}% 8 \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.4.1.3}{Common mean tests between SI\137LowerThird\137Directions and SI\137UpperThird\137Directions:}{subsection.4.1}% 9 \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.4.1.4}{Common mean test on directions results summary}{subsection.4.1}% 10 \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.4.1.5}{Common mean tests between SI\137LowerThird\137Poles and SI\137UpperThird\137Poles:}{subsection.4.1}% 11 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.4.2}{Plotting the data stratigraphically}{section.4}% 12 \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.5}{Comparing larger and smaller stratigraphic subsets of the Simpson Island data}{}% 13 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.5.1}{Comparing data from the lowermost 500 meters to data from the uppermost 500 meters}{section.5}% 14 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.5.2}{Comparison between data from the lower 1/2 and upper 1/2 of Simpson Island stratigraphy}{section.5}% 15 \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.6}{Calculating and plotting mean pole positions}{}% 16 \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.7}{Comparision between Halls \(1974\) data and Simpson Island VGPs}{}% 17 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.7.1}{Common mean tests between Halls \(1974\) data and the data from the lower third of the Simpson Island stratigraphy}{section.7}% 18 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.7.2}{Common mean tests between Halls \(1974\) data and the data from the upper third of the Simpson Island stratigraphy}{section.7}% 19 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.7.3}{Combining the data from the upper third of the Simpson Island stratigraphy and the Halls \(1974\) reversed polarity data into a single pole for the upper portion of the reversed Osler Group stratigraphy}{section.7}% 20 \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.8}{Paleogeographic work outside of this IPython notebook using the software package GPlates.}{}% 21 \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.9}{Plate rate estimate}{}% 22 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.9.1}{Calculating the NSVG pole}{section.9}% 23 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.9.2}{Input pole data and simulation sample size}{section.9}% 24 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.9.3}{Sampling the age distribution}{section.9}% 25 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.9.4}{Sampling pole distributions}{section.9}% 26 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.9.5}{Calculate and graphically display the confidence interval on the minimum rate estimate implied by the Monte Carlo sampled pairs of sampled ages and paleolatitudes from the two poles}{section.9}% 27 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.9.6}{Latitudinal change from early in the early magmatic stage to the main magmatic stage}{section.9}% 28 \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.10}{Lava flow thickness data}{}% 29 \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.11}{The IPmag.py library of functions}{}% 30