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Magnetite, haematite, and to a minor extent maghaemite are recognised in the Cretaceous and Paleocene red pelagic limestones at Gubbio. The magnetite is detrital (or biological), whereas the haematite grew during diagenesis from a goethitic precursor. Thermal and AF demagnetization of samples collected from close to reversal boundaries indicate that the various magnetization components do not record the polarity reversal at exactly the same stratigraphic level. In the few tens of centimetersbelow a recorded geomagnetic reversal, defined by the magnetite magnetization, some of the haematite grains are magnetized in the post-reversal field. The blocking temperature spectra of this haematite fraction (with post-reversal magnetization) are found to shift toward higher temperatures as the reversal boundary is approached. The blocking temperature spectra reflect the grain size spectra of the haematite, which we interpret as arising by the continual nucleation of grains down to a certain burial depth where the conditions are no longer conducive to further haematite growth. The depth below reversal boundaries to which haematite with post-reversal magnetization can occur, is estimated to be about 60 cm (after compaction), and is equivalent to a time of about 105 years for these particular sediments. A detailed study of the magnetization components at reversal boundaries indicates that the first diagenetic growth of haematite through the single-domain critical volume occurs prior to the mechanical fixation of the detrital (or biological) magnetite. Subsequently the diagenetic haematite grains do not rotate in response to the ambient geomagnetic field polarity as easily as the magnetite, because of their occurrence as pigmentary coatings on larger non-magnetic grains.  相似文献   

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Thermal demagnetization of red and drab sandstones from the St. Bees Sandstone shows a wide range of directional stability. After the removal of a metastable secondary magnetization at temperatures up to 300°C red sandstones may show stable or unstable magnetization. Experiments indicate that both the stable and unstable magnetization is carried by coarse haematite particles (specularite).Drab sandstones, which have been subject to reduction and dissolution of haematite are generally unstable but specimens with a stable NRM occur and this must be carried by specularite because the pigment has been removed from these specimens.The stable magnetization is believed to have developed during deposition and early diagenesis by the oxidation of detrital iron oxides. Pole positions correspond to known Triassic poles and there are abundant normal and reversed zones typical of the Lower Triassic.The unstable magnetization of the red sandstones is apparently due to the development of authigenic overgrowths of haematite on the detrital specularites. This phase of authigenesis may have taken place over a long time, and after significant changes in the ambient geomagnetic field resulting in complex magnetizations in individual grains and hence whole rocks.  相似文献   

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Rock magnetic investigations of Permo-Carboniferous carbonate sediments from two areas on Spitsbergen are described, conducted to identify the carriers of the NRM in these rocks. Since microscopic and magnetic separation techniques could not profitably be applied, the nature of magnetic minerals was investigated by thermal demagnetization of the NRM and decay of saturation isothermal remanence (Irs) during heating to 600°C, as well as by the distribution of the median destructive fields of the NRM and observation of magnetic susceptibility after subsequent heatings. The results show that the NRM of these limestones resides mainly in magnetite, but creation of magnetic pyrrhotite and of fresh magnetite is observed during heating to 600°C. Presence of sulphides indicates that magnetite is an oxidation product of pyrite or of non-magnetic pyrrhotite. Examination of rock magnetic properties of limestones leads to the conclusion that most of the magnetite in the rocks of the Bellsund area is of detrital origin, whereas the rocks at Festningen contain magnetite derived from pyrite probably during an early stage of the diagenetic process.  相似文献   

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To further evaluate the potential of magnetic anisotropy techniques for determining the origin of the natural remanent magnetization (NRM) in sedimentary rocks, several new remanence anisotropy measurement techniques were explored. An accurate separation of the remanence anisotropy of magnetite and hematite in the same sedimentary rock sample was the goal.In one technique, Tertiary red and grey sedimentary rock samples from the Orera section (Spain) were exposed to 13 T fields in 9 different orientations. In each orientation, alternating field (af) demagnetization was used to separate the magnetite and hematite contributions of the high field isothermal remanent magnetization (IRM). Tensor subtraction was used to calculate the magnetite and hematite anisotropy tensors. Geologically interpretable fabrics did not result, probably because of the presence of goethite which contributes to the IRM. In the second technique, also applied to samples from Orera, an anisotropy of anhysteretic remanence (AAR) was applied in af fields up to 240 mT to directly measure the fabric of the magnetite in the sample. IRMs applied in 2 T fields followed by 240 mT af demagnetization, and thermal demagnetization at 90°C to remove the goethite contribution, were used to independently measure the hematite fabric in the same samples. This approach gave geologically interpretable results with minimum principal axes perpendicular to bedding, suggesting that the hematite and magnetite grains in the Orera samples both carry a depositional remanent magnetization (DRM). In a third experiment, IRMs applied in 13 T fields were used to measure the magnetic fabric of samples from the Dome de Barrot area (France). These samples had been demonstrated to have hematite as their only magnetic mineral. The fabrics that resulted were geologically interpretable, showing a strong NW-SE horizontal lineation consistent with AMS fabrics measured in the same samples. These fabrics suggest that the rock's remanence may have been affected by strain and could have originated as a DRM or a CRM.Our work shows that it is important to account for the presence of goethite when using high field IRMs to measure the remanence anisotropy of hematite-bearing sedimentary rocks. It also shows that very high magnetic fields (>10 T) may be used to measure the magnetic fabric of sedimentary rocks with highly coercive magnetic minerals without complete demagnetization between each position, provided that the field magnetically saturates the rock.  相似文献   

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系统研究了河西走廊火烧沟组陆相红层200个采点岩石的热退磁行为和17个代表性样品的岩石磁学特征,结果表明有102个采点可以分离出A、B、C三个剩磁分量,有82个采点只有一个分量(C分量),16个采点只能分离出A、B分量.A、B分量分别由针铁矿和磁赤铁矿携带,C分量在砂岩中由磁铁矿携带,在泥质砂岩和泥岩中由磁铁矿和赤铁矿共同携带.A、B分量剩磁方向随机分布,不能获得置信水平的古地磁平均方向,为次生剩磁.它们的存在并不影响岩石原生剩磁的分离,也不影响原生剩磁信号的稳定性和获得的古地磁数据的可靠性.16个砂岩采点中不能分离出C分量,是由于后生的赤铁矿彻底改变了由磁铁矿携带的原生剩磁组分,在高密度采样的情况下剔除这些采点并不影响古地磁极性柱的构建和解释.  相似文献   

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The pelagic limestones exposed at Sümeg appear to represent continuous deposition from Kimmeridgian through Berriasian. Detrital magnetite and haematite pigment are the carriers of remanence in the red and non-red limestones in the lower part, while magnetite becomes predominant in the upper half of the section. Thermal demagnetization has succesfully removed overprint magnetizations, and a well-defined magnetic stratigraphy has been obtained. The Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous mixed polarity interval is correlated with the sequence of geomagnetic reversals derived from oceanic magnetic anomalies.  相似文献   

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Magnetic properties of samples from Bell Island sedimentary rocks have been studied. X-ray analysis indicates that the main magnetic mineral is hematite in all samples. The other iron-bearing minerals identified are siderite and chamosite. Microscope observations of thin sections suggest that the rocks consist of oolitic hematite in a matrix of siderite or calcite. The intensity of natural remanent magnetization (NRM) varies in the range of (0.03–0.4 A m?1), depending on the percentage of hematite. The thermal demagnetization curves of NRM show in some cases a sharp increase in magnetization at temperatures in the range 500–600°C. The peaks that occur in these demagnetization curves are due to a chemical change of siderite during repeated laboratory heating. X-ray analysis confirmed that the newly formed material is magnetite. Since the original NRM has been masked by the new intergrown material, this would result in a serious error in the determination of paleomagnetic pole positions. The samples showing this behaviour were not considered for paleomagnetic study. The samples containing oolitic hematite in a calcite matrix exhibit very high stability of NRM, including directional stability until almost 670°C. For these samples, a virtual pole position based on N = 6 samples (32 specimens) demagnetized to 665°C is 34°N, 114°E, not far from published Ordovician poles for the North American craton.  相似文献   

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The behaviour of some magnetic properties of natural and synthetic haematite of different grain size is examined. The natural haematite was obtained from the hydrothermal deposit Kada (Czech and Slovak Federal Rep.). Six grain-size fractions ranging from 120 to 40 μm were prepared by means of sieving and two further fractions down to 5 μm by wet ultrasonic sieving. Since the behaviour of the fractions is similar, that of only four representative samples is reported. In addition, the behaviour of one submicron synthetic haematite fraction (0.5 μm) prepared by oxidation of ferrous sulphate (uniform in size and shape) was investigated.

The initial remanence value (Jr) seems to increase with decreasing grain size. During alternating field (AF) demagnetization, all fractions behaved similarly, except for the submicron fraction which is considerably softer than the others. Normalized (isothermal remanent magnetization) IRM acquisition curves were similar for all fractions.

Parameters of the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) display significant changes, mainly during IRM acquisition. During AF demagnetization, the anisotropy degree P exhibits a slight increase (some %), while the behaviour of the shape factor T is complicated. The anisotropy ellipsoid exhibits a tendency to rotate. Significant changes in the AMS parameters occur during IRM acquisition. Curves of P and T vs. IRM acquisition field, for various grain-size fractions, show no coherent pattern. For all the samples studied, the T vs. H curve exhibits a threshold value at which change in the type of arrangement of easy axis of magnetization occurs. For the IRM acquisition fields higher than some 320 kA m−1, the minimum susceptibility axis parallels the direction of the IRM acquisition field.

Hysteresis curves of the fractions are similar to each other. The Preisach distribution function was determined and it indicates that the reversible part of the magnetization process plays an important role comparatively. Based on the coercivity data presented no unambiguous conclusion could be drawn from the single-domain (SD)-multidomain (MD) transition, associated with a coercivity maximum.  相似文献   


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Iron ore and host rocks have been sampled (90 oriented samples from 19 sites) from the Las Truchas mine, western Mexico. A broad range of magnetic parameters have been studied to characterize the samples: saturation magnetization, Curie temperature, density, susceptibility, remanence intensity, Koenigsberger ratio, and hysteresis parameters. Magnetic properties are controlled by variations in titanomagnetite content, deuteric oxidation, and hydrothermal alteration. Las Truchas deposit formed by contact metasomatism in a Mesozoic volcano-sedimentary sequence intruded by a batholith, and titanomagnetites underwent intermediate degrees of deuteric oxidation. Post-mineralization hydrothermal alteration, evidenced by pyrite, epidote, sericite, and kaolin, seems to be the major event that affected the minerals and magnetic properties. Magnetite grain sizes in iron ores range from 5 to >200 μm, which suggest dominance of multidomain (MD) states. Curie temperatures are 580±5°C, characteristic of magnetite. Hysteresis parameters indicate that most samples have MD magnetite, some samples pseudo-single domain (PSD), and just a few single domain (SD) particles. AF demagnetization and IRM acquisition indicate that NRM and laboratory remanences are carried by MD magnetite in iron ores and PSD–SD magnetite in host rocks. The Koenigsberger ratio falls in a narrow range between 0.1 and 10, indicating the significance of MD and PSD magnetites.  相似文献   

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Paleomagnetic polarity data were obtained from nine sections of the Verde Formation, a late Tertiary carbonate-bearing lacustrine unit in central Arizona. This study tested the applicability of magnetostratigraphy as a geochronologic technique in a restricted terrestrial sedimentary basin, and its objective was to better define the age of the Verde Formation.Intensities of natural remanent magnetism (NRM) ranged from <10?7 to >10?4 gauss. Although secondary components of viscous magnetization commonly were observed, alternating field demagnetization was successful in revealing the polarity of the primary NRM at almost all sites. Thermomagnetic analysis, partial thermal demagnetization of NRM, and polished section analysis together indicate that the primary NRM is a depositional remanence carried by detrital magnetite. Intrabasin stratigraphic correlation of the sections, together with K-Ar ages on interbedded and underlying volcanic rocks has allowed construction of a composite magnetostratigraphic column for the Verde Formation that is correlated with the late Cenozoic polarity time scale. The correlation indicates nearly continuous sedimentation in the Verde basin from ～7.5 to ～2.5 m.y. ago.  相似文献   

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The natural remanent magnetization (NRM) in individual chondrules from the Allende meteorite was measured. These had previously been oriented relative to each other. The NRM directions of the chondrules are not initially random, but they become scattered after either alternating field (AF) or thermal demagnetization. The NRM is less stable than anhysteretic remanent magnetization (ARM) against AF-demagnetization.

The bulk of the NRM in the matrix is erased by 300°C. For the larger chondrules it is erased by 550°C, but for the smaller chondrules and the white inclusion a substantial decrease in NRM occurs by 350°C leaving about 20% up to 600°C. The behavior of the laboratory-induced ARM and the NRM under alternating field demagnetization suggest that the NRM of the chondrules consists of at least two components of TRM. One is a high-temperature component which was acquired when the individual chondrules were cooled through the Curie temperature and before they were assembled into the Allende meteorite. The other is a low-temperature component which was probably acquired in a field of about 1 Oe when the meteorite experienced thermal metamorphism or during the assembly of the meteorite.  相似文献   


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本文对"鲁科一井"(CCSD-LK-Ⅰ)768.9~1112.3m之间的上白垩统沉积岩样品进行了岩石磁学、磁化率各向异性(AMS)以及天然剩磁组分的研究.在此基础上,分析了利用特征剩磁(ChRM)和黏滞剩磁(VRM)方向恢复岩芯原始方位的可行性.三轴等温剩磁热退磁曲线、磁滞回线、反向场退磁曲线、一阶反转曲线等岩石磁学测量结果表明,沉积岩的主要载磁矿物为磁铁矿和赤铁矿.335块样品的AMS测量结果表明磁化率椭球主轴的最大轴K1和中间轴K2与水平面夹角较小,最小轴K3接近垂直于水平面分布,说明沉积岩保留了原始沉积磁组构特征.系统热退磁实验表明,多数样品在25~350℃和500~690℃温度段分别获得VRM和ChRM分量.利用ChRM偏角方向,并考虑构造旋转量校正,对VRM偏角方向进行恢复,Fisher统计得到DVRM=-1.3°,IVRM=59.6°,与当地现代地磁场方向(D=-6.7°,I=53.9°)基本一致.用ChRM偏角方向对磁化率主轴K1偏角方向进行校正,校正的结果为:D_(ch_K1)=349.2°,I_(ch_K1)=-0.7°.本文研究结果对于地质勘探中利用古地磁学方法恢复钻孔岩芯原始方位具有一定参考意义.  相似文献   

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We present a quantitative relationship between blocking temperature and time that, in principle, provides a calibration of thermal remagnetization in nature. For a given metamorphic temperature-time regime, one can decide whether a given laboratory blocking temperature (or for paleointensity work, a range of blocking temperatures) is consistent with primary natural remanence (NRM) or with a metamorphic overprint. Independent of the domain structure or the chemical composition of the magnetic minerals, two general types of behaviour are predicted. If the primary NRM possesses laboratory (or primary cooling) blocking temperatures within 100°C or so of the Curie temperature, thermal remagnetization at lower temperatures, even over times as long as 106 years, is improbable. If the blocking temperatures are lower, viscous remagnetization is pronounced at temperatures well below those indicated by laboratory thermal demagnetization. An approximate scale of the “survival potential” of primary NRM in rocks of different metamorphic grades indicates that primary paleointensities are unlikely to be recovered from rocks metamorphosed above high-greenschist facies if the predominant magnetic mineral is nearly pure magnetite, or above middle-amphibolite facies if nearly pure hematite is predominant. Evidence from laboratory experiments and paleomagnetic field studies in metamorphic regions suggests, however, that these survival estimates are unduly optimistic. Chemical remagnetization through the destruction of primary magnetic minerals, and not thermal remagnetization, probably sets an effective upper temperature for the survival of primary NRM.  相似文献   

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The Berriasian-Valanginian stage boundary near the town of Cehegin in the eastern Subbetic Cordillera of Spain is documented by a detailed ammonite zonation in pelagic limestones. Two magnetostratigraphic sections spanning the uppermost ammonite subzone of the Berriasian and the lower two zones of the Valanginian yielded identical magnetic polarity patterns. Remanent magnetization is predominantly carried by magnetite, and characteristic directions were obtained by thermal demagnetization. The mean characteristic directions from both sites have an inclination of 48°; however, the site declinations are divergent (030° and 074°) due to the tectonic disturbance of the region. The Cehegin polarity pattern can be correlated by means of ammonite and calpionellid zonation to the magnetostratigraphies of the Berriasian stratotype and several Italian sections, thereby enabling a unique correlation to the M-sequence magnetic polarity time scale. The Berriasian-Valanginian stage boundary is in the middle of normal-polarity chron M15n.  相似文献   

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Basaltic lavas from the southern Alborz, an area about 40 km northeast of Tehran, Iran, have been paleomagnetically investigated. The lavas are of Late Devonian-Early Carboniferous age, and belong to the basal member of the Geirud Formation. At 11 sites a total of 80 cores was drilled.Detailed analyses by means of progressive demagnetization of the natural remanent magnetization (NRM) were made both by the application of alternating magnetic fields and by heating. Also, on a number of specimens a study was done both with thin sections and with polished sections. There proved to be general agreement between the properties of the characteristic NRM and the kind of Fe-Ti oxides in the lavas. In the case of specimens containing magnetite only the characteristic NRM was entirely removed at temperatures just below 600°C, or in alternating fields up to 1500/2000 Oe peak value; on the other hand, in specimens containing both magnetite and a substantial part of hematite (martite) the final part of the characteristic remanence was removed at temperatures above 600°C, and this remanence resisted alternating fields above 2000 Oe peak value. From the characteristic site-mean directions of 5 sites an average paleomagnetic direction is computed withD = 210.8°,I = 66.9°, and α95 = 3.9°.This result might be taken as an indication that at the Devono-Carboniferous transition the southern part of the Alborz was located in the present Indian Ocean off the Arabian coast.  相似文献   

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Most of the traditional methods of determining the intensity of the ancient geomagnetic field from archaeological materials utilized thermal demagnetization of the natural remanent magnetization (NRM) and of the laboratory induced thermoremanent magnetization (TRM). When applied rigorously these methods are foolproof. They are, however, very time consuming and the number of samples with which they can be used is limited. Attempts to speed up these traditional methods have generally led to the use of subjective criteria in assessing the reliability of the results and archaeomagnetic research has recently been concentrated on extending the range of samples to which the method can be applied. Through the use of alternating field, rather than thermal, demagnetization of NRM and TRM it has become possible to apply corrections for alteration occurring during laboratory firing of the archaeological samples and develop objective criteria of reliability. Recent research has shown that it may be possible to determine archaeointensities the laboratory redeposition of lake sediments.  相似文献   

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Twenty six samples from seven hand specimens, collected from the station 6 boulder at the Apollo 17 landing site, were studied magnetically. The boulder is a breccia consisting of three lithologic units distinguished by their clast population. The direction of magnetization of samples from unit B which is almost devoid of large clasts cluster fairly well after alternating field demagnetization. Samples from unit C which is characterized by abundant large clasts up to 1 m in size do not contain a uniform direction of magnetization but the distribution is not random. Based on these data we propose that the natural remanent magnetization (NRM) in these breccias is the vector sum of two magnetizations, a pre-impact magnetization and a partial thermoremanence acquired during breccia formation. The relative contribution of the two components is controlled by the thermal history of the ejecta, which in turn is determined by its clast population. Depending on the clast population, the NRM can be a total thermoremanence, a partial thermoremanence plus a pre-impact magnetization, or a pre-impact magnetization. This model of thermal overprinting might be applicable to all lunar breccias of medium and higher metamorphic grade.  相似文献   

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A variety of lacustrine sediments from the Devonian Caithness Flagstone Group in northern Scotland has been subjected to palaeomagnetic and mineralogical analysis. In general, the sediments show little evidence of a Devonian magnetization although this is partly seen in the Spital Flagstones. The magnetization seems to be dominated by Mesozoic overprints of normal and reversed polarity. The different sub-components of the magnetizations cannot be resolved thermally because of the difficulty of applying thermal demagnetization techniques above 400°C. At and above this temperature, sulphide oxidation results in laboratory magnetizations which obscure the NRM.Mineralogical studies show that the overprint is carried by Fe hydroxides in association with pyrite and marcasite grains (dolostones) or hematite in association with Cr-spinels (Achanarras Limestone). In the Spital Flagstones the relict Devonian magnetization and the normal Mesozoic overprint appears to be carried by magnetite. Our results show the importance of mineralogical studies in making realistic interpretation of the origin of magnetizations in ancient sediments.  相似文献   

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含菱铁矿砂岩磁性的初步研究   总被引：12，自引：0，他引：12       下载免费PDF全文
作为煤田盖层产出的中国内蒙古平庄J3砂岩,其平均磁化率为60×10-5（SI）;平均剩磁为5×10-3A/m.经热退磁后,在磁化率、剩余磁化、等温剩磁曲线、粘滞剩磁及磁组构等方面都发生了明显的变化,出现一系列奇异磁特征.岩石透射光与反射光鉴定、物相热红外分析、差热分析、X射线衍射分析表明,该砂岩的胶结物为弱磁性的菱铁矿,它在逐步热退磁过程中逐渐变为磁铁矿,部分变为赤铁矿.并大致确定,该砂岩胶结物含量近50％.此外,对这种砂岩样品仔细地进行了常规方法的退磁试验,得到其特征剩磁方向,确定其J3古地磁极位置为198.8°E,84.6°N(α95=4.8,k=94.5).  相似文献   

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--Normal to reversed polarity transitions have been found in Mississippian limestones of Missouri at longitude 269.7 and latitude 38.6 in an area of approximately 2,000 sq.km centered on the city of St. Louis. The transitions suggest a reversal of the geomagnetic field during the time these limestones were deposited. The mean normal NRM direction of declination 323.2, inclination 14.8, alpha-95 10.0 and corresponding reversed direction declination 144.8, inclination of 11.7 with alpha-95 of 5.2, are each tightly grouped, while in between these two groups the circles of confidence reveal a large scatter. Six normally magnetized groups of sites and corresponding VGP positions were found while seven groups are reversed. The mean normal VGP was at longitude 146.2 and latitude 44.6 and the reversed one at longitude 313.9 and latitude ⪶.8. The large scatter in between these two groups is interpreted as being due to rapid changes in the direction of the geomagnetic field when compared with the rate of deposition of the sediments. Alternating field (AF) and thermal demagnetization (TH) techniques were used to remove secondary components of the NRM.  相似文献   

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