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Abstract The North American craton interior preserves a >1 Ga history of near surface processes that inform ongoing debates regarding timing and drivers of continental‐scale deformation and erosion associated with far‐field orogenesis. We tested various models of structural inversion on a major segment of the Midcontinent Rift along the Douglas Fault in northern Wisconsin, which accommodated ≳10 km of total vertical displacement. U‐Pb detrital zircon and vein calcite Δ₄₇/U‐Pb thermochronometry from the hanging wall constrain the majority of uplift (≳8.5 km) and deformation to 1052–1036 Ma during the Ottawan phase of the Grenvillian orogeny. Combined U‐Pb zircon dates, Δ₄₇/U‐Pb calcite thermochronometry, and field data that document syn‐ to early post‐depositional deformation in the footwall constrain a second stage of uplift (1–1.5 km) ca. 995–980 Ma during the Rigolet phase of the Grenvillian orogeny. A minor phase of Appalachian far‐field orogenesis is associated with minimal thrust reactivation. Our combined analyses identified the 995–980 Ma Bayfield Group as a Grenvillian foreland basin with an original thickness 0.5–2 km greater than currently preserved. By quantifying flexural loading and other subsidence mechanisms along the Douglas Fault, we identify dynamic subsidence as a mechanism that could be consistent with the development of late‐Grenvillian transcontinental fluvial systems. Minimal post‐Grenvillian erosion (0.5–2 km) in this part of the craton interior has preserved the Bayfield Group and equivalent successions, limiting the magnitude of regional erosion that can be attributed to Neoproterozoic glaciation. 

Paleomagnetic, rock magnetic, or geomagnetic data found in the MagIC data repository from a paper titled: Tracking Rodinia Into the Neoproterozoic: New Paleomagnetic Constraints From the Jacobsville Formation 

Abstract The paleogeography of Laurentia throughout the Neoproterozoic is critical for reconstructing global paleogeography due to its central position in the supercontinent Rodinia. We develop a new paleomagnetic pole from red siltstones and fine‐grained sandstones of the early Neoproterozoic Jacobsville Formation which is now constrained to be ca. 990 Ma in age. High‐resolution thermal demagnetization experiments resolve detrital remanent magnetizations held by hematite. These directions were reoriented within siltstone intraclasts and pass intraformational conglomerate tests—giving confidence that the magnetization is detrital and primary. An inclination‐corrected mean paleomagnetic pole position for the Jacobsville Formation indicates that Laurentia's motion slowed down significantly following the onset of the Grenvillian orogeny. Prior rapid plate motion associated with closure of the Unimos Ocean between 1,110 and 1,090 Ma transitioned to slow drift of Laurentia across the equator in the late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic. We interpret the distinct position of this well‐dated pole from those in the Grenville orogen that have been assigned a similar age to indicate that the ages of the poles associated with the Grenville Loop likely need to be revised to be younger due to prolonged exhumation.