A New Upper Pliocene Palaeomagnetic Pole from Western Syria and a preliminary Polar Wander Curve of the Arabian Plate

44 sites were sampled from the Upper Pliocene (βNb 2) basaltic flows, from the western flank and the distant eastern flank of the Levant Fault in the Buqeia area NW of Tel Kalakh and west of Homs. Thermal demagnetization led to the identification of consistent directions of remanence in most sites. Normal, Reversed and Intermediate polarities are identified, with Reversed polarities dominating. The Intermediate polarity sites were excluded and the mean directions of the Reversed sites were reversed.