Rock Magnetic Properties and Magnetic Petrology of Hawaiian and Icelandic Basalts: a key for the Understanding of high Crustal Magnetizations on Earth and Earth-like Planets?

Mathematics – Logic

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

1519 Magnetic Mineralogy And Petrology, 1540 Rock And Mineral Magnetism

Scientific paper

The rock magnetic behavior and Fe-Ti oxide petrology of subaerial and submarine basalts have been extensively studied over the last decades because of their importance in understanding Earth's magnetic anomalies. Combined rock magnetic and magneto-mineralogic investigations on different basalt lithologies from scientific drillings on Hawaii and Iceland have shown that multiple processes, related to the geodynamic setting, the emplacement and cooling history and the alteration history affected the texture and composition of the originally homogeneous titanomagnetite and caused significant variation in rock magnetic properties like magnetic susceptibility, Curie temperature, coercivity force or natural remanent magnetization (NRM). Hawaiian basalts from the scientific drillings HSDP-2, SOH-1 and SOH-4 have e.g. NRM intensities between <1 and 13 A/m, which is distinctly lower than those measured on several localities on Iceland. Surface samples from fissure eruptions of the Reykjanes peninsula show 4 - 32 A/m and drill cores from the Stardalur central volcano (subaerial basaltic lava flows) show very high values up to 120 A/m. Although the main controlling factors for these high NRM values seem to be the primary magma composition and cooling history, secondary processes like high-temperature decomposition reactions and hydrothermal alteration can also play a role. During the latter process, titanomagnetite is altered to titanomaghemite and furthermore to (cation-deficient) magnetite. Secondary magnetite can be additionally formed due to hydrothermal activity increasing the total magnetization. Modifications of rock magnetic properties related to these magnetic petrology changes will be discussed for basalts of different strong magnetization in relation to geologic processes.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Rock Magnetic Properties and Magnetic Petrology of Hawaiian and Icelandic Basalts: a key for the Understanding of high Crustal Magnetizations on Earth and Earth-like Planets? does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Rock Magnetic Properties and Magnetic Petrology of Hawaiian and Icelandic Basalts: a key for the Understanding of high Crustal Magnetizations on Earth and Earth-like Planets?, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Rock Magnetic Properties and Magnetic Petrology of Hawaiian and Icelandic Basalts: a key for the Understanding of high Crustal Magnetizations on Earth and Earth-like Planets? will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1036216

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.