Physics
Scientific paper
Jan 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978pepi...16...59l&link_type=abstract
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 16, Issue 1, p. 59-64.
Physics
Scientific paper
Palaeomagnetic investigations of highly oxidized interbasaltic horizons and associated Lower Tertiary lavas from the Faeroe Islads suggest a long history of magnetization. The remanence directions are composed mostly of two deviating directions of opposite polarities aligned along an axis which palaeomagnetically appears to be younger than that of the original field. This, in addition to the observation that both the baking and baked rocks in most cases show almost identical directional trends upon demagnetization, questions the general validity of the baked contact test. It is suggested that to a major extent post-baking processes, such as low-temperature oxidation and precipitation of ferric oxides, have remagnetized the lavas as well as the tuff layers. Only two of the seven interbasaltic horizons investigated appear to have retained the `primary' magnetization. It is concluded that besides a high bulk oxidation state (induced prior to, or as a result of baking) a ``hornfelsic'' nature of the baked sediments may be a necessary requirement for establishing primary palaeomagnetic directions in many volcanic regions.
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