Palaeointensity study of the Hawaiian 1960 lava: implications for possible causes of erroneously high intensities

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Apr 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003geoji.153..263y&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Journal International, Volume 153, Issue 1, pp. 263-276.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Chemical Remanent Magnetization, Hawaii, Igneous Rock, Oxidation, Palaeointensity, Titanomagnetite

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It is known that the Hawaiian 1960 lava sometimes yields higher palaeointensities than the IGRF (36.2 μT). In order to clarify the causes, we have performed a comprehensive investigation of palaeointensity measurements on 19 cores from the lava. According to various rock magnetic analyses, they are classified into three groups with degrees of the deuteric oxidation. In Coe's version of the Thellier method, a significantly larger mean palaeointensity of 49.0 +/- 9.6 μT (N= 17) was observed similar to previous studies. These palaeointensities showed a dependence on the oxidation indices, which can be explained by thermochemical remanent magnetization (TCRM) acquisition during the natural cooling stage of the lava. Although it is generally difficult to distinguish the TCRM from thermoremanent magnetization (TRM), a low-temperature demagnetization (LTD) treatment on NRM and TRM in the Thellier experiment seems to allow us to detect the influence of the TCRM on NRM. Another possible tool for TCRM detection is the double-heating technique (DHT) of the Shaw method combined with LTD (LTD-DHT Shaw method). It gave a better average of 39.4 +/- 7.9 μT (N= 9), though the success rate was much lower. Most of the inappropriate results were screened by a combination of the double-heating test, the ARM correction and the LTD treatment. If two outliers are further excluded, the average is improved to be 35.7 +/- 3.3 μT (N= 7), which agrees well with the expected intensity. The results of both methods emphasize the importance of taking and measuring samples from the parts of various oxidation degrees in a lava flow.

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