Comparison of Magnetic and Mössbauer Results Obtained for Palaeozoic Rocks of Hornsund, Southern Spitsbergen, Arctic |
| K. Szlachta a, K. Michalski b, K. Brzózka c, B. Górka c, and J. Gałązka-Friedman a a Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warszawa, Poland b Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Księcia Janusza 64, 01-452 Warszawa, Poland c Department of Physics, Technical University of Radom, Malczewskiego 29, 26-600 Radom, Poland |
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| Received: 08 06 2008 |
| This analysis was performed as a part of the palaeomagnetic project focused on the reconstruction of the palaeogeographic position of the Svalbard Archipelago and adjacent crustal units (European Arctic) in the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic. Three rock formations - Cambrian, Devonian and Carboniferous were sampled in the area of Hornsund, southern Spitsbergen. The main aim of the presented study is to identify ferromagnetic minerals (sensu lato) - the carriers of the natural remanent magnetisation in the investigated rocks. A wide range of magnetic methods were used: the Lowrie tests, unblocking temperatures determinations and the measurement of coercivity spectra as well as the Mössbauer studies. In Devonian and Carboniferous samples all applied methods indicate the domination of the hematite natural remanent magnetisation carrier. In Cambrian rocks magnetic measurements reveal a mixture of ferromagnetic (sensu lato) minerals with varying coercivities and unblocking temperatures. The Mössbauer data improve the identification, suggesting that in Cambrian rocks the carrier of the dominating natural remanent magnetisation component is maghemite. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.114.1675 PACS numbers: 91.25.F- |