Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jul 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011georl..3813302e&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 38, Issue 13, CiteID L13302
Mathematics
Logic
Geochronology: Quaternary Geochronology, Geomagnetism And Paleomagnetism: Geomagnetic Excursions, Geomagnetism And Paleomagnetism: Magnetostratigraphy
Scientific paper
As part of a broader geological study of loess/palaesol sequences in Alaska, the paleomagnetism of a section at Gold Hill near Fairbanks has been investigated. Samples were collected at 5 cm intervals through a 5 m loess-paleosol-loess sequence. Detailed alternating field demagnetization of the natural remanent magnetization yields excellent results (average MAD = 2°). The Brunhes-Matuyama (B-M) polarity transition is present at the level of the paleosol, which was formed during Oxygen Isotope Stage 19. A systematic perturbation in both declination and inclination occurs ˜1.0-1.5 m below the B-M boundary. The corresponding virtual geomagnetic poles define a track centred on the 60°W meridian from high southerly to equatorial latitudes and back again. This is in very good agreement with results from a sequence of lava flows on the island of Maui that are regarded as a record of the Kamikatsura event. The Alaskan results thus confirm the reality of this geomagnetic feature, and simultaneously provide a firm chronological control point for ongoing geological investigations. Mineral magnetic experiments indicate that the remanence of the Gold Hill loess is dominated by magnetite and/or maghemite, with no subsequent chemical overprinting by hematite and/or goethite.
Evans Michael E.
Froese Duane G.
Jensen Britta J. L.
Kravchinsky Vadim A.
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