ROCKMAGNETIC CHARACTERISTICS AND THE ENHANCING MECHANISM OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY FOR WEST KUNLUN MOUNTAINS LOESS
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摘要: 成壤过程中形成的细颗粒的软磁性矿物被认为是导致古土壤磁化率增加的主要原因。但近来的研究表明,在一些地区,尤其是靠近沙漠边缘的黄土-古土壤序列,源区对黄土磁化率的影响要远大于成壤作用。因此,有必要对不同地区、不同环境条件下的典型黄土堆积进行详细的岩石磁学研究。日前,我们在西昆仑山北侧钻取了一根长达671m的岩芯,这为研究极端干旱区黄土的岩石磁学性质提供了难得的契机。本文对第一期黄土钻探得到的207m岩芯进行了详细的岩石磁学研究,结果表明: 昆仑山黄土的主要载磁矿物为磁铁矿和磁赤铁矿,同时还含有少量的针铁矿、赤铁矿; 该地区磁化率的变化主要受源区粗颗粒的软磁性矿物含量的影响,成壤作用形成的细颗粒磁性矿物对磁化率的贡献极小; 磁化率、粒度在0.5Ma左右急剧升高和变粗,主要与气候干旱化加剧有关。Abstract: Variations in magnetic susceptibility(MS)of Chinese loesspaleosol layers show a high correlation with marine oxygen isotope records,and have been widely used as a proxy of East Asian summer wind intensity over the past two decades. At present,increasing concentration of SP(superparamagnetic particles)and SD(singledomain)grains during the pedogenesis is considered as the main reason for enhancement of magnetic susceptibility(MS)of paleosol.
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Key words:
- Kunlun Mountains Loess /
- magnetic susceptibility /
- aridification
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