晚更新世以来南海中央海盆沉积物的磁学特征：对物源和东亚季风演化的指示

南海沉积物记录了丰富的高原隆升剥蚀、古海洋、东亚季风和区域构造演化信息,是研究东亚季风和古环境演化的理想材料.但是,由于南海沉积环境复杂,物质来源多样,使得沉积物定年和环境气候探讨的难度加大.为此,本文选取南海中央海盆的SCS-01钻孔作为研究对象,建立其准确的年代框架,综合利用磁学和地球化学分析方法,探讨沉积物物源及其对东亚季风演化的指示.首先,通过对沉积物样品的岩石磁学特征分析,表明沉积物的主要载磁矿物为低矫顽力的假单畴磁铁矿,载磁矿物颗粒大小均一、含量变化小,基本符合建立地磁场相对古强度(Relative Paleointensity, RPI)曲线的“均一性”标准.在此基础上利用磁化率和非磁滞剩磁对天然剩磁进行归一化处理得到RPI,将钻孔的RPI曲线与全球或区域的标准RPI曲线(Sint-200, NAPIS-75和SCS-PIS)进行比较,得到了6个年龄控制点,并结合AMS-¹⁴C测年结果,建立了南海中央海盆75 ka以来的时间框架.SCS-01钻孔的RPI记录和其他全球性观测结果的一致性表明,南海的沉积物记录了全球尺度的地磁场古强度行为模式.综合稀土元...     

黄铁矿热转化矿物相变过程的岩石磁学研究

对天然黄铁矿样品在氩气和空气环境中受热发生的矿物相变过程进行了系统的岩石磁学研究,结果表明：氩气环境（还原环境）下,黄铁矿受热分解转化的产物是磁黄铁矿,其粒度为单畴,矫顽力和剩磁矫顽力分别约为20和30mT,它在还原环境中是稳定的．而空气环境（氧化环境）中黄铁矿受热分解、转化后的最终产物为单畴赤铁矿,FORC图显示其矫顽力高达1400mT,相应的热转化序列为：黄铁矿→磁黄铁矿→磁铁矿→赤铁矿．上述结果对于理解还原环境沉积物的磁性、岩石次生化学剩磁和陨石磁学性质都具有重要参考意义．     

渤海南部莱州湾Lz908孔沉积物的岩石磁学性质

亚洲大陆边缘海和陆表海在区域的物质和能量交换以及区域气候与环境演化过程中扮演了关键角色.磁性地层学和环境磁学方法是建立年代框架和环境演变序列的有效手段,但是,由于该地区边缘海和陆表海沉积物中磁性矿物来源十分复杂,磁性地层学和环境磁学研究的重要基础是要精细地解译沉积物的岩石磁学性质.为此,本文利用渤海南部莱州湾Lz908孔与钻孔附近的现代沉积物样品进行了详细的岩石磁学对比研究.结果显示,渤海南部沉积物中的磁性矿物主要是较粗颗粒(较大的准单畴至多畴)磁铁矿,还有少量磁赤铁矿,部分沉积物还含有赤铁矿和针铁矿,其中磁铁矿是特征剩磁的主要载体;莱州湾现代河流-海洋沉积物和钻孔样品之间的磁性特征无显著差异,说明莱州湾沉积物堆积之后尚未经历明显的沉积后期改造.     

湖泊沉积物中胶黄铁矿的鉴出及其磁学意义

对青藏高原东部若尔盖盆地钻孔获取的湖泊沉积物进行了详细的岩石磁学调查及矿物学鉴定, 发现大量胶黄铁矿存在, 并认定其为主要的磁载体. 该矿物颗粒细小, 粒度均匀, 可能为生物化学成因. 与大量文献报道的相反, 在长期暴露于空气后, 样品中的胶黄铁矿仍未被氧化. 这可能与钻孔内该矿物被硅质胶结物包裹有关. 研究结果初步揭示了湖泊沉积物磁学研究的复杂性, 同时也为环境磁学机理的研究提供了新的线索.     

西菲律宾海沉积物200ka以来的地球磁场相对强度记录及其年代学意义

对西菲律宾海本哈姆高原的Ph05重力柱样沉积物进行了系统的岩石磁学和古地磁研究,结果表明载磁矿物主要为准单畴磁铁矿,磁性矿物的含量变化不大,表明该孔适合于古地磁场相对强度（RPI）重建．应用磁化率、非磁滞剩磁（ARM）和饱和等温剩磁（SIRM）归一化天然剩磁,从而得到RPI．为了进一步确定由3种方法得到的RPI的可靠性,运用P-T方法和交叉谱分析进行检验,发现应用ARM归一化得到的RPI与相关的气候参数相关性最小,因此认为应用ARM作为归一化参数得到的RPI最为可靠．基于RPI建立的年代模型与基于AMS^14 C测年数据以及通过有孔虫氧同位素曲线而建立的年代模型较为一致．文中得到的过去200ka以来的RPI与全球其他地区得到的相应曲线非常相似,其强度低值可以和Sint-200的谷值相对应,这种相似性证实了地球磁场强度变化的全球一致性．     

福州盆地全新世沉积物的磁学性质及其对环境变化的响应

福州盆地位于海陆过渡地带,在海陆变迁过程中,沉积物记录了高分辨率的环境信息,是揭示沉积特征对环境变化响应过程及模式的理想区域.本文选择位于福州盆地的FZ5钻孔进行岩石磁学、环境磁学和古地磁学方面的研究,以期阐明该区域沉积物磁学性质对陆源碎屑输入、海平面变化和成岩作用的响应.岩石磁学结果表明钻孔沉积物以低矫顽力的亚铁磁性矿物为主体,但是在不同的环境变化阶段,磁性矿物的类型有较大变化.在9~3 cal. ka BP的海侵过程中,沉积物中以磁铁矿为主体,存在菱铁矿和铁硫化物等还原性矿物.硫化作用使细粒磁铁矿溶解形成胶黄铁矿和黄铁矿,其峰面随碎屑磁性矿物的浓度变化而迁移.但硫化作用没有完全消除磁铁矿携带的特征剩磁和陆源碎屑输入量以及海平面升降对该阶段沉积物磁性的控制.在~3 cal. ka BP以来随着海平面下降、沉积环境向陆相氧化环境转化,虽然早期还原作用仍然存在,但后期氧化作用使磁性矿物向高矫顽力的赤铁矿等矿物转变,氧化作用基本扰乱了磁铁矿携带的剩磁.沉积及其后期成岩作用过程中,发生在约~8.2、~7.7、~7.5、~2.7、~1.5、~0.5 cal. ka BP六次强烈的古氧化界面反映了福州盆地当时异常干旱或湿热的气候事件.     

珠江三角洲沉积物的岩石磁学性质及其环境意义

选取珠江三角洲区域位于广州番禺的PD钻孔进行沉积物岩石磁学和环境磁学记录的研究. 岩石磁学实验表明钻孔大部分沉积物以低矫顽力的磁铁矿类矿物为主要控磁矿物, 但仍存在少量铁硫化物. 在有机质丰富的灰黑色黏土沉积中, 铁硫化物含量增加, 成为影响沉积物磁性特征的主要矿物, 标志着海退后富含有机质而缺氧的沼泽环境. 以赤铁矿和针铁矿类矿物为主要控磁矿物的花斑黏土, 表明了一个较长时期的暴露风化过程, 代表着沉积间断. 在以磁铁矿类矿物作为主要载磁矿物的沉积物中, 磁铁矿浓度及粒度的变化主导磁化率(κ)、饱和等温剩磁(SIRM)等环境磁学参数的变化, SIRM/κ 和χ_arm/SIRM的大小旋回响应于海平面的升-降过程, 它们的高值反映了磁性矿物粒度变细、海平面上升. 在沉积学分析的基础上, 根据环境磁学参数截然不同的变化规律, 结合微体古生物数据, 将珠江三角洲沉积物代表的环境分为两次显著的海平面上升－下降旋回, 晚更新世和全新世的海侵又包含若干个比较明显的次级海平面波动过程.     

华北盆地南缘早古生代岩石的重磁化——Ⅱ.岩石磁学结果

华北盆地南缘早古生代岩石系统的岩石磁学研究表明,其岩石中的磁性矿物组合相当复杂,重磁化时代可分为晚二叠/早三叠世和早、晚白垩世2个大的阶段.焦作剖面具有原生剩磁和次生剩磁岩石共生的特征,以及细致的岩石磁学分析表明,未重磁化和重磁化岩石两者间磁铁矿颗粒度大小存在明显区别,这暗示了热粘滞剩磁是重磁化的重要原因之一,而济源和登封剖面不仅岩石遭受完全的重磁化,而且广泛发育早白垩时期形成的磁黄铁矿,磁黄铁矿形成则暗示着造山热液的渗透作用.     

泥河湾盆地岑家湾旧石器遗址的古地磁定年

通过对泥河湾盆地岑家湾旧石器地点进行的岩石磁学和磁性地层学研究表明, 岑家湾湖相沉积剖面的磁性矿物和剩磁载体是以磁铁矿为主; 少数时段沉积物含有磁铁矿和赤铁矿两种磁性矿物, 这类沉积物的特征剩磁是由磁铁矿和赤铁矿共同携带的. 磁组构测定证实了岑家湾剖面保存了原始沉积特征, 适合于磁性地层学研究, 其结果表明岑家湾旧石器地点的时代稍晚于Punaruu地磁漂移事件发生的时间(1.1 Ma). 结合东谷坨、马圈沟和小长梁剖面的研究结果, 可以确定早期人类在1.6, 1.3和1.1 Ma前后都在泥河湾地区生活过, 这一结果对认识早期人类迁徙与适应环境的能力是很有意义的.     

马兰黄土剩磁不存在显著Lock-in效应: 来自Laschamp地磁漂移的证据

中国黄土-古土壤序列的年代框架主要是基于磁性地层所建立的. 然而, 黄土剩磁是否存在显著的lock-in效应, 目前仍存在很大争议. 通过比较黄土高原洛川剖面记录的地磁异常和大西洋Heinrich冰筏事件在马兰黄土地层中的位置, 揭示了Laschamp地磁漂移被记录在两次寒冷事件(距今~39 ka的H4及~48 ka的H5)之间, 估算的Laschamp地磁漂移相应的年代大约为41.7~43.7 ka, 与该地磁事件的年龄(大约40~41 ka)相近. 这说明, 马兰黄土的剩磁不存在显著的Lock-in效应.     

四万年以来南海西北次海盆地磁场古强度演化及其地球动力学意义

海洋沉积物能够记录较为连续的古地磁信息.对沉积物记录的天然剩磁(NRM)进行归一化处理,可以构建过去较为连续的地磁场相对古强度(RPI)信息,这对于研究地磁场演变与全球记录对比具有重要的科学意义.本文以南海西北次海盆地区L07岩芯作为研究对象,利用等温剩磁(IRM)作为NRM的归一化参数,构建了南海西北次海盆地区37ka以来的RPI曲线.实验结果显示,L07岩芯中载磁矿物的成分较为单一,以单畴(SD)-细粒准单畴(PSD)低矫顽力磁铁矿为主,能够作为古强度记录的载体.此外,在11.5ka处RPI出现峰值.进一步结合东亚地区鄂霍茨克海岩芯的RPI记录以及中国黄土10Be的丰度变化,我们认为该RPI峰值是由于地球非偶极子场影响所致.这说明东亚正磁异常的影响范围可以达到中国南海等中低纬度地区,这为理解东亚地区磁场演化提供了新证据,同时也为该区千年尺度RPI记录变化特征提供了新机制.     

The late Pleistocene geomagnetic field as recorded by sediments from Fargher Lake,Washington, U.S.A.

Measurement of the remanent magnetization of a 6.88-m oriented core of soft sediments and tephras from Fargher Lake near Mount St. Helens in southwestern Washington State shows that no significant geomagnetic reversals were recorded in the sediments of the lake. Radiocarbon and palynological dating of the tephra layers from the lake bed indicates deposition during the interval 17, 000–34, 000 years B.P. although geochemical correlation of a prominent tephra layer in the core with tephra set C of Mount St. Helens could mean that the maximum age of the sediments may be at least 36, 000 years B.P. The core was divided into specimens 0.02 m long, each representing approximately 55 years of deposition assuming a constant rate of sedimentation. Pilot alternating field demagnetization studies of every tenth specimen indicated a strong, stable remanence with median destructive field of 15 mT, and the remaining specimens were subsequently demagnetized in fields of this strength. The mean inclination for all specimens exclusive of the unstably magnetized muck and peat from near the surface is 56.1° which is 8° shallower than the present axial dipole field at this site, perhaps because of inclination error in the detrital remanent magnetization of the sediments, although because of the variability in the data, this departure from the axial dipole field may not be significant. The ranges of inclination and declination are comparable to those of normal secular variation at northern latitudes. Although three isolated specimens have remanence with negative inclination, these anomalous directions are due to sampling and depositional effects. Measurement of a second core of 6.86 m length also revealed only normal magnetic polarity, but this result is of little stratigraphic value as this core failed to penetrate the distinctive tephra found near the base of the former core.Studies of a concentrate of the magnetic minerals in the sediments by optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction indicate that the primary magnetic constituent is an essentially pure magnetite of detrital origin. The magnetite occurs in a wide range of grain sizes with much of it of sub-multidomain size (< 15 μm).As a whole, this study provides substantial evidence against the existence of large-scale worldwide geomagnetic reversals during the time interval of Fargher Lake sedimentation, a segment of geological time for which many excursions and reversals have been reported elsewhere.     

Relative paleointensity of the geomagnetic field during the past 200 ka from the West Philippine Sea and its chronological significance

Our rock magnetic analysis of core Ph05 from the West Philippine Sea demonstrates that the core preserves a strong, stable remanent magnetization and meets the magnetic mineral criteria for relative paleointensity (RPI) analyses. The magnetic minerals in the sequence are dominated by pseudosingle-domain magnetite, and the concentration of magnetic minerals is at the same scale. Both the conventional normalizing method and the pseudo-Thellier method were used in conjunction with the examination of the rock magnetic properties and natural remanent magnetization. Susceptibility (χ), anhysteretic remnant magnetization (ARM) and saturation isothermal remnant magnetization (SIRM) were used as the natural remanent magnetization normalizer. However, coherence analysis indicated that only ARM is more suitable for paleointensity reconstruction. The age model of core is established based on oxygen isotope data and AMS¹⁴C data, which is consistent with the age model estimated from RPI records. The relative paleointensity data provide a continuous record of the intensity variation during the last 200 ka, which correlates well with the global references RPI stacks. Several prominent low paleointensity values are identified and are correlated to the main RPI minima in the SINT-200 record, suggesting that the sediments have recorded the real changes of geomagnetic field. Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 90411014) and Pilot Project of the Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KZCX2-YW-211)     

Manifestation of the Gothenburg geomagnetic field excursion in the Barents Sea bottom sediments

An analysis of the paleomagnetic characteristics of the bottom sediments taken in 2000 in the northern Barents Sea for the first time revealed the Gothenburg geomagnetic field excursion (13 000–12 000 years ago) at the time boundary of the transition from the glacial period to the recent warm epoch (the Holocene). The obtained data confirm the excursion complex structure: the presence of two successive time intervals of variations in the geomagnetic field inclination. An increase in the magnetic susceptibility and natural remanent magnetization of the samples at the above boundary and about 15 000 years ago indicates that the magnetic parameters of the sediments respond to climate changes in the environment in this time interval.     

Paleomagnetic and paleoclimatic investigation at Laguna Melincue (Pampean Plains,Argentina): preliminary results

Laguna Melincué is a shallow lake located in Santa Fe Province, Argentina (33°41′27.8″S, 61°31′36.5″W). The catchment area is around 1495 km² and it is located in the Pampean Plains. It was reduced to 678 km² by the construction of the San Urbano channel in 1941 and reconditioned in 1977, which was built to avoid floods. The floods are related to some El Niño episodes, with high precipitation events. The lake has been previously studied from different approaches, mainly to understand hydrological and climatic variations, but more multidisciplinary studies are needed to understand its complex hydrological situation. Here we present the first paleomagnetic and rock magnetic studies made on a short sediment core collected from the lake in order to contribute to identifying paleoclimatic proxies and to present the first paleomagnetic results for the site. Rock magnetic analyses suggest that the well-preserved magnetic mineralogy is dominated by pseudo single-domain (titano)magnetite and/or maghemite. The results also indicate that a stable characteristic remanent magnetisation can be isolated and thus the directions of the geomagnetic field may be obtained, providing evidence for the use of this lake for paleomagnetic and paleoenvironmental studies. Changes in magnetic grain size and concentration of magnetic minerals suggest environmental variations and changes in the lake level, which are consistent with historical reports. The paleomagnetic results agree well with Cals3k.3 model for inclination and declination of the geomagnetic field except for the dry period probably due to the fact that the core was extracted near the shore.     

Paleosecular variations 12–20 Kyr as recorded by sediments from Lake Moreno (Southern Argentina)

We present results of paleomagnetic and sedimentological studies carried out on three cores Lmor1, Lmo98-1, Lmor98-2 from bottom sediments of Lake Moreno (south-western Argentina), and integrate them with data from our previous studies. Measurements of directions (declination D and inclination I) and mass specific intensity of natural remanent magnetization (NRM intensity), magnetic susceptibility (specific, χ and volumetric, κ), isothermal remanent magnetization (IRM), saturation of isothermal remanent magnetization (SIRM), and back field remanent coercivity (B_0CR) were performed. The stability of the NRM was investigated using alternating-field demagnetization. The results show that these sediments meet the criteria required to construct a reliable paleomagnetic record. The cores were correlated very well based on magnetic parameters, such as χ and NRM intensity, as well as with lithological features. Tephra layers were identified from the lithological profiles and magnetic susceptibility logs. We obtained the D and I logs of the characteristic remanent magnetization for the cores as a function of shortened depth. The data from the three cores were combined to form a composite record using the Fisher method. A comparison between stacked inclination and declination records of Lake Moreno and those obtained in previous works on Lake Escondido and Lake El Trébol shows good agreement. This agreement made it possible to transform the stacked curves into time series spanning the interval 12–20 kyr. The results obtained improved our knowledge of SV and the behaviour of the geomagnetic field and also allowed us to determine the range of past inclination variations from −70° to −45° for the southern hemisphere, where data are scarce.     

Holocene Earth’s magnetic field variations recorded in marine sediments of the NW African continental margin

Holocene records documenting variations in direction and intensity of the geomagnetic field during the last about seven and a half millennia are presented for Northwest Africa. High resolution paleomagnetic analyses of two marine sediment sequences recovered from around 900 meter water depth on the upper continental slope off Cape Ghir (30°51′N, 10°16′W) were supplemented by magnetic measurements characterizing composition, concentration, grain size and coercivity of the magnetic mineral assemblage. Age control for the high sedimentation rate deposits (∼60 cm/kyr) was established by AMS radiocarbon dates. The natural remanent magnetization (NRM) is very predominantly carried by a fine grained, mostly single domain (titano-)magnetite fraction allowing the reliable definition of stable NRM inclinations and declinations from alternating field demagnetization and principal component analysis. Predictions of the Korte and Constable (2005) geomagnetic field model CALS7K.2 for the study area are in fair agreement with the Holocene directional records for the most parts, yet noticeable differences exist in some intervals. The magnetic mineral inventory of the sediments reveals various climate controlled variations, specifically in concentration and grain size. A very strong impact had the mid-Holocene environmental change from humid to arid conditions on the African continent which also clearly affects relative paleointensity (RPI) estimates based on different remanence normalizers. To overcome this problem the pseudo-Thellier RPI technique has been applied. The results represent the first Holocene record of Earth’s magnetic field intensity variations in the NW Africa region. It displays long term trends similar to those of model predictions, but also conspicuous millennium scale differences.     

Reductive diagenesis,magnetite dissolution,greigite growth and paleomagnetic smoothing in marine sediments: A new view

In many anoxic sedimentary environments, the onset of sulfate reduction, and pyritization of detrital iron-bearing minerals, leads to a precipitous decline in magnetic mineral concentration during early diagenesis. The usefulness of the surviving paleomagnetic record in such environments is usually argued to depend on how much of the primary detrital magnetic assemblage survives diagenetic dissolution. Detailed rock magnetic and electron microscope analyses of rapidly deposited (~ 7 cm/kyr) latest Pleistocene–Holocene sediments from the continental margins of Oman (22°22.4′N, 60°08.0′E) and northern California (38°24.8′N, 123°58.2′W) demonstrate that pyritization during early diagenesis also leads to the progressive down-core growth of the ferrimagnetic iron sulfide greigite. Greigite growth begins with nucleation of large concentrations of superparamagnetic (SP) nanoparticles at the inferred position of the sulfate–methane transition, which can explain the apparently paradoxical suggestion that diagenetically reduced sediments contain enhanced concentrations of SP particles. Looping of hysteresis parameters on a “Day” plot records the dissolution of single domain (SD) (titano-)magnetite and the formation of SP greigite, which then slowly and progressively grows through its SD blocking volume and acquires a stable paleomagnetic signal. This looping trend is also evident in data from several published records (Oregon margin, Korea Strait, Japan Sea, Niger Fan, Argentine margin, and the Ontong–Java Plateau), indicating that these processes may be widespread in reducing environments. Our observations have profound implications for paleomagnetic records from sulfate-reducing environments. The paleomagnetic signal recorded by greigite is offset from the age of the surrounding sediments by 10's of kyr, and ongoing growth of greigite at depth results in smoothing of the recorded signal over intervals of 10's to 100's of kyr. We therefore expect the presence of greigite to compromise paleomagnetic records in a wide range of settings that have undergone reductive diagenesis.     

渤海BH08孔磁学参数变化机制与环境指示

边缘海-陆架区是研究海陆交互作用的理想区域,该区沉积物记录了海平面、气候与构造变化的重要信息.渤海作为我国的内海,前人对该区虽然进行了环境磁学方面的研究,但是受复杂的沉积环境影响,渤海沉积物的磁性变化机制十分复杂,因而需要对该区沉积物磁学性质及变化机制进行深入研究.针对这一问题,本文详细研究了渤海BH08孔岩芯沉积物的磁学性质,结果表明：①沉积物中主要载磁矿物是磁铁矿,部分层位含有高矫顽力的矿物;②岩芯整体磁学性质变化复杂,各项磁学参数变化剧烈,其总体波动与S/Cl值、沉积物红度a^*和深海底栖有孔虫δ¹⁸O相关性较好;③在主要的海陆交替边界层位发现胶黄铁矿,表明是富硫的弱还原环境,而快速变化的沉积环境和较高的沉积速率是胶黄铁矿得以保存的重要因素,因而胶黄铁矿可作为沉积环境发生转变的一种特征矿物.这些新认识为深入开展渤海地区,乃至陆架-边缘海区古环境研究提供了新的思路和方法.     

北京密云水库表层沉积物磁性矿物的鉴别

本文对密云水库表层沉积物中的磁性矿物进行了岩石磁学和透射电子显微学的综合研究.本实验建立的磁选方法实现将70%~85%左右的磁性矿物从沉积物中分离出来.岩石磁学研究表明,密云水库沉积物中的磁性矿物以多畴和单畴磁铁矿为主,还含有少量高矫顽力弱磁性载磁矿物(可能为赤铁矿).对磁选矿物的透射电镜观测表明,样品中部分单畴磁铁矿具有纳米尺寸和化学纯度高等特点,为拉长的立方-八面体磁铁矿,是趋磁细菌产生的化石磁小体;多畴磁铁矿多数具有微米尺寸,形状不规则,为碎屑成因;超顺磁磁铁矿粒径约为5~20nm,且含硅、铝等元素,可能为自生成因.研究结果表明,岩石磁学和透射电子显微学的综合应用可以更全面、准确地分析沉积物中磁性矿物的成分、含量、粒径和化学成分等信息,为环境磁学、生物地磁学和古地磁学研究提供依据.