High pressure magnetic transition in monoclinic pyrrhotite (Fe7S8) and impact demagnetization on Mars

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Using neutron diffraction under pressure at room temperature, we evidenced a ferrimagnetic to paramagnetic transition of pyrrhotite in between 2.5 and 3 GPa. Complete demagnetization of saturation remanence (IRM) at about 2.8 GPa is confirmed by measuring the remaining IRM of a pyrrhotite fragment after application of a quasi-hydrostatic pressure. Such a process may provide a quantitative explanation for the large-scale distribution of crustal magnetic fields in the Martian southern hemisphere assuming that pyrrhotite is the major magnetic mineral(Rochette et al. EPSL,190, 1-12, 2001). Indeed, initial calculations suggest that the 3 GPa isobaric line during the Argyre and Hellas impacts may approximately separate the magnetized and unmagnetized zones (Hood et al. GRL, in press, 2003).

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