Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009geoji.179..125h&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Journal International, Volume 179, Issue 1, pp. 125-143.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Magnetostratigraphy, Rock And Mineral Magnetism, Europe
Scientific paper
The reliability of primary natural remanent magnetization (NRM) signals in greigite-bearing sediments has been frequently questioned. Here, we show that the stable NRM in the deep marine Middle to Late Miocene sediments at Monte dei Corvi, northern Italy, is mainly carried by greigite. Combined rock magnetic experiments and scanning electron microscopy successfully enabled discrimination between two greigite populations. One fine-grained and relatively well-dispersed greigite population (grain size between 60 and 200 nm) is most likely of magnetotactic origin. The second greigite population with larger grain sizes (typically 700 nm to 1 μm) is most likely of authigenic (bacterially mediated) origin, and is related to post-depositional sulphidization processes. Greigite is the main magnetic remanence carrier in the older part of the section (12.8 to 8.7 Ma), whereas greigite and fine-grained (presumably magnetotactic) magnetite are present in the younger part of the section (8.7 to 6.9 Ma). Similar remanent magnetization directions of the magnetite and greigite components, and the likelihood of a magnetotactic origin, suggests that the NRM is of syn-depositional age. We suggest that moderate methane seepage from the underlying sediments may have occurred that resulted in the preservation of pristine greigite. This corroborates the reliability of the previously established magnetostratigraphy at Monte dei Corvi.
Dekkers Mark J.
Franke Craig
Hüsing Silja K.
Krijgsman Wout
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