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Abstract Nepheline syenites from the ∼1.2 Ga Ilímaussaq Complex of southern Greenland are examined to assess the utility of anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) fabrics as proxies for silicate petrofabrics. Mineral lamination is a relatively common structural feature in cumulate rocks, including in the Ilímaussaq intrusion, but there is little consensus on the process (or processes) responsible for its formation. The Ilímaussaq AMS data are combined with rock magnetic experiments and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) measurements to characterize the magnetic mineralogy and compare the magnetic fabrics obtained to the silicate petrofabric. The data show that Na-amphibole (arfvedsonite) is most likely the dominant control on the AMS fabrics in the coarse-grained nepheline syenites (referred to as kakortokites), and that the AMS fabric is inverse relative to the observed silicate fabric. The EBSD data for a kakortokite sample suggests that the petrofabric is defined by arfvedsonite and is wholly planar, with evidence of only weak cross-lineation of c axes. The fine-grained nepheline syenites (lujavrites), two of which have a well-developed lamination carried by Na-pyroxene (aegirine), appear to have composite AMS fabrics that are considered to be a consequence of a mixed aegirine (normal) and arfvedsonite (inverse) response. The combined datasets shed light on the mechanisms of fabric acquisition in both lithologies. In the kakortokites, the AMS fabrics and silicate crystallographic preferred orientations, as well as the lack of observed microstructural evidence for subsolidus intra-crystal deformation, support models invoking gravitationally controlled crystal mats in the development of the macro-rhythmic layering of these rocks. In the lujavrites, the strong planar fabrics revealed by both the AMS and EBSD datasets, with some evidence of subsolidus deformation, point to fabric formation and perhaps even aegirine crystallization at the postcumulus stage. The combination of EBSD and AMS fabric datasets is a powerful means of deciphering the processes responsible for mineral alignment in igneous cumulates.
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Beyond the second-order magnetic anisotropy tensor: higher-order components due to oriented magnetite exsolutions in pyroxenes, and implications for palaeomagnetic and structural interpretations
SUMMARY Exsolved iron oxides in silicate minerals can be nearly ideal palaeomagnetic recorders, due to their single-domain-like behaviour and the protection from chemical alteration by their surrounding silicate host. Because their geometry is crystallographically controlled by the host silicate, these exsolutions possess a shape preferred orientation that is ultimately controlled by the mineral fabric of the silicates. This leads to potentially significant anisotropic acquisition of remanence, which necessitates correction to make accurate interpretations in palaeodirectional and palaeointensity studies. Here, we investigate the magnetic shape anisotropy carried by magnetite exsolutions in pyroxene single crystals, and in pyroxene-bearing rocks based on torque measurements and rotational hysteresis data. Image analysis is used to characterize the orientation distribution of oxides, from which the observed anisotropy can be modelled. Both the high-field torque signal and corresponding models contain components of higher order, which cannot be accurately described by second-order tensors usually used to describe magnetic fabrics. Conversely, low-field anisotropy data do not show this complexity and can be adequately described with second-order tensors. Hence, magnetic anisotropy of silicate-hosted exsolutions is field-dependent and this should be taken into account when interpreting isolated ferromagnetic fabrics, and in anisotropy corrections.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1642268
- PAR ID:
- 10209679
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Geophysical Journal International
- Volume:
- 223
- Issue:
- 2
- ISSN:
- 0956-540X
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 915 to 933
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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