黄土高原西北缘末次冰期晚期以来黄土沉积物的岩石磁学性质

以黄土高原西北缘的靖远和古浪剖面(包含黄土层L1上部和占土壤层SO)作为研究对象,选取代表性样品进行磁化率、频率磁化率、热磁曲线、等温剩磁获得曲线和磁滞回线等测定.结果表明,靖远和古浪L1黄土和SO古土壤具有相似的岩石磁学特征.磁性矿物含量相对较低,载磁矿物均以磁铁矿为主,同时含有磁赤铁矿和赤铁矿,且SO占土壤中的磁赤...

Rock magnetism of loess sediments in northwestern margin of Chinese Loess Plateau since the late last glaciation

We have carried out a detailed rock magnetic investigation on the loess-paleosol sequences in the Jingyuan and Gulang sites, northwestern margin of Chinese Loess Plateau, including low-field magnetic susceptibility (χ), frequency-dependent susceptibility (χ_fd%), temperature-dependent susceptibility (χ-T), isothermal remanent magnetization (IRM) and hysteresis loop. The results demonstrate that the total amount of magnetic minerals in Jingyuan and Gulang loess-paleosol sequences is relatively low, and the main magnetic mineral in paleosol and loess is magnetite, where there are maghemite and hematite as well. The maghemite content in paleosol is more than that in loess. Superparamagnetic (SP) and stable single domain (SSD) ferrimagnetic grains are generated in the process of pedogenesis. Cross plots of M_rs/M_s vs. B_cr/B_c indicate that the mean magnetic grain size in loess and paleosol are pseudo-single domain (PSD). But, the mean diameter of magnetite in loess is slightly larger than that in paleosol, and closer to the range of multi-domain (MD). It results from the fact that less fine-grained magnetite are generated in loess than in paleosol, for there are coarser magnetic particles transported from the source area of eolian to loess layer than to paleosol layer. Although the major factor leading to high susceptibility in S0 is the climate, the effect of coarse magnetic particles from dust source can not be ignored.