Geomagnetic anomalies recorded in L9 of the Songjiadian loess section in southeastern Chinese Loess Plateau

Detailed magnetostratigraphic and rock magnetic investigations on L8-S12 of the Songjiadian loess section in the Sanmenxia area,southernmost margin of the Chinese Loess Plateau were conducted in this study.Matuyama/Brunhes (M/B) boundary occurred at the bottom of the loess unit L8.The top and bottom boundaries of the Jaramillo polarity subchron are found in the middle of L10 and the bottom of L12,respectively.Magnetic fabric of the loess layers maintains the original depositional features and the recorded r...     

下辽河平原第四纪磁性地层的初步探讨

通过对下辽河地区古地磁样品分析。发现缺失松山反向时的磁性地层,即没有早更新世的沉积地层,讨论了此现象和郯庐大断裂的应力场的变化关系。古地磁分析对本区第四纪磁性地层的划分提供了依据。     

山东省中新世山旺组的古地磁研究

测得山旺组硅藻土稳定剩磁的方向为:偏角D=355.8°,倾角I=47.1°。按照轴向地心偶极子模型,得出中新世该地区的古纬度为28.3°N。经远端效应改正后的古纬度值为32.4°N。改正前后的极位置分别为(81.0°N,323.1°E)和(84.6°N,339.0°E)。改正前后的结果都指示,山旺地区自中新世以来是北向漂移的。这与古植物群的结果在总体上相符。改正后的古纬度值能容纳气候带南迁几度的结论,即该地区植被演化是地块北移和冰期来临气候带南迁两种基本因素综合作用的结果。软成分的倾角(65.8°)与上覆玄武岩剩磁倾角(62.7°)十分接近,反映了玄武岩的烘烤效应。它与玄武岩剩磁一样,是地磁场的瞬时记录。     

Effects of the grain size distribution on magnetic properties of magnetite: constraints from micromagnetic modeling

Magnetite is the most important magnetic mineral in paleomagnetism. Its magnetic properties are controlled by many factors, such as grain size distribution, shape and interactions. Traditional rock magnetic experiments, however, have great difficulty in decoupling the effects of these parameters. In this study, we attempted to investigate the effects of grain size distribution on magnetic properties of magnetite powders by using a micromagnetic method. The particle geometries used in the micromagnetic model were based on the grain size distribution observed in a synthetic magnetite powder. The simulated hysteresis parameters agree well with the experimental measurements and provide clear microstructures of the magnetic remanence. Our results show that grain size plays a more important role in affecting hysteresis parameters of magnetite assemblages than shape under effects of interactions. Uniform or vortex superstates formed by two or more particles are found and display different stabilities of magnetic recording in assemblages. Some domain structures of single-domain （SD） particles are reversed as the applied field decreases to zero. Small pseudo-single-domain particles behave as SD structures and may dominate the magnetic recordings. In all, micromagnetic modeling of grain size distributions provide a better understanding of magnetic assemblages consisting of nanoscale particles.