Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000geoji.143...22m&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Journal International, Volume 143, Issue 1, pp. 22-38.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Apw (Apparent Polar Wander), Jurassic, Mineralogy, North America, Palaeomagnetism
Scientific paper
Jurassic diabase dykes, sills and sedimentary rocks in central Massachusetts were sampled for palaeomagnetic analysis. The intrusions fall into three of the chemical types for eastern North American diabases: high TiO2 quartz-normative (Holden); low TiO2 quartz-normative (Ware); and high Fe2O3 quartz-normative (Pelham-Loudville). The characteristic magnetizations in the majority of intrusive samples unblock between 550°C and 580°C, with Curie temperatures in a discrete interval between 556°C and 580°C. The dominant remanence in the diabases is carried by C1 to C3 oxidation-exsolved titanomagnetite occurring as euhedral grains, as fine needles or dust in the matrix, as devitrifed glass, and as fine magnetite-ilmenite-silicate symplectite. In some dykes, titanomagnetite was further modified by deuteric oxidation during post-magmatic cooling, creating titanomaghematite and/or a granulation of the magnetite. Palaeopoles for the three diabase groups are: Holden, 60.1°N, 80.5°E, A95=4.1° Ware, 73.5°N, 85.8°E, A95=3.9° and Pelham-Loudville, 65.3°N, 95.6°E, A95=4.1°. These data are combined with samples from two stratigraphic sections through the Early Jurassic part of the Sugarloaf Formation in the Deerfield Basin representing both fine-grained mudstones and coarser arkoses. These haematite-dominated rocks reveal several components of magnetization, a steep recent field direction, an intermediate secondary diagenetic overprint direction in both mudstones and arkoses, and a high-temperature shallow primary direction found only in the mudstones. Palaeopoles for the Sugarloaf Formation are: mudstones, 57.7°N, 81.3°E, A95=9.1° and arkoses, 75.1°N, 131.6°E, A95=5.9°. Based on the new palaeomagnetic data reported here, the North American plate in the Middle Jurassic was at higher palaeolatitudes than indicated by the present North American apparent polar wander path.
Brown Laurie L.
McEnroe Suzanne A.
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