Current-scattered (?) detrital remanence directions in the Zn-rich Pennsylvanian Stark black shale, USA

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Nov 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007geoji.171..594k&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Journal International, Volume 171, Issue 2, pp. 594-602.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Carboniferous, Shale, Palaeomagnetism, Rock Magnetism, Sedimentation

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Palaeomagnetic results are reported from the metalliferous Stark black shale in the Upper Pennsylvanian (Missourian/Kasimovian) Kansas City Group. Palaeomagnetic analysis of 400 specimens from 28 sites gives a characteristic remanent magnetization in 17 sites of the shale that yields a Late Mississippian to Middle Pennsylvanian palaeopole at 32.2°N 128.5°E (dp = 4.7° and dm = 8.8°). The observed palaeomagnetic age is slightly older than the host rock, indicating that the mineralization of the Stark Shale has, excluding recent alteration, a primary sedimentary or syngenetic origin. The reason for the slightly older age is likely due to trace modern hematite that slightly steepens the remanence inclination. The large oval of 95 per cent confidence is interpreted to be caused by clay-magnetite aggregates that formed during sediment transport and the biasing effect of the gentle palaeocurrent at each site acting on the large aggregates. Therefore, the scattered distribution of the site mean remanence declinations found for the Stark Shale is evidence of a detrital remanent magnetization that is formed by primary sedimentary processes with an enriched metallic content and not remagnetization with mineralization by secondary hydrothermal processes.

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