Author(s)

Zikun Jiang^1,2*, Benpei Liu³, Yongdong Wang², Min Huang¹, Tom Kapitany⁴, Ning Tian⁵, Yong Cao⁶, Yuanzheng Lu⁷, Shenghui Deng⁷

¹Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China.
²State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.
³China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China.
⁴The National Dinosaur Museum, Canberra ACT, Australia.
⁵College of Palaeontology, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, China.
⁶Key Laboratory of Palaeomagnetism and Tectonic Reconstruction of Ministry of Land and Resources, Institute of Geomchanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China.
⁷Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, PetroChina, Beijing, China.

Normally, trees on the side directly exposed to sunlight will grow faster than the opposing side. This phenomenon is termed plant phototropism. Moreover, palaeomagnetists have revealed that the Junnar Block has never rotated since the Mesozoic. The petrified woods in the Jiangjunmiao area of Qitai County show the positive phototropism direction of SSW220. By compared with the modern normal growth stumps in plain area, which have positive phototropism direction of SSW 219 ± 5, this observation supports the conclusion of palaeomagnetic researchers: the Junggar basin has never rotated since the Late Jurassic.

Jurassic Petrified Wood, Phototropism, Plate Rotation, Palaeogeography

Jiang, Z. , Liu, B. , Wang, Y. , Huang, M. , Kapitany, T. , Tian, N. , Cao, Y. , Lu, Y. and Deng, S. (2019) Phototropism of Petrified Wood and Its Relation with the Rotation of Different Blocks in China and the Possibility of Application in the World. Open Journal of Geology, 9, 585-588. doi: 10.4236/ojg.2019.910048.