Paleomagnetic reconstruction of the global geomagnetic field evolution during the Matuyama/Brunhes transition: Iterative Bayesian inversion and independent verification

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 172-195

  Leonhardt, Roman ^a   Fabian, Karl ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

geomagnetic field; paleomagnetism; spherical harmonic expansion; transition

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; PALEOMAGNETISM; SPHERICAL HARMONIC EXPANSION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BRUNHES CHRON; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MATUYAMA CHRON; PALEOMAGNETISM; SPHERICAL HARMONICS;

EID: 33845638726     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.10.025     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Hillhouse J., and Cox A. Brunhes-Matuyama polarity transition. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 29 (1976) 51-64
2. Clement B.M. Geographical distribution of transitional VGPs: evidence for non-zonal symmetry during the Matuyama-Brunhes geomagnetic reversal. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 104 (1991) 48-58
3. Hoffman K.A. Palaeomagnetic excursions, aborted reversals and transitional fields. Nature 294 (1981) 67-69
4. Theyer F., Herrero-Bervera E., and Hsu V. The zonal harmonic model of polarity transitions: a test using successive reversals. J. Geophys. Res. 90 (1985) 1963-1982
5. Williams I., and Fuller M. Zonal harmonic models of reversal transition fields. J. Geophys. Res. 86 (1981) 11657-11665
6. Laj C., Mazaud A., Weeks R., Fuller M., and Herrero-Bevera E. Geomagnetic reversal paths. Nature 351 (1991) 447
7. Hoffman K.A. Dipolar reversal states of the geomagnetic field and core mantle dynamics. Nature 359 (1992) 789-794
8. Hoffman K.A. Transitional paleomagnetic field behavior: preferred paths or patches?. Surv. Geophys. 17 (1996) 207-211
9. Valet J.-P., Tucholka P., Courtillot V.E., and Meynadier L. Palaeomagnetic constraints on the geometry of the geomagnetic field during reversals. Nature 356 (1992) 400-407
10. Prévot M., and Camps P. Absence of preferred longitude sectors for poles from volcanic records of geomagnetic reversals. Nature 366 (1993) 53-57
11. Valet J.-P., and Herrero-Bervera E. Some characteristics of geomagnetic reversals inferred from detailed volcanic records. Compt. Ren. Geosci. 335 (2003) 79-90
12. Hyodo M. Possibility of reconstruction of the past geomagnetic field from homogeneous sediments. J. Geomagn. Geoelectr. 36 (1984) 45-62
13. Langereis C.G., Hoof A.A.M.v., and Rochette P. Longitudinal confinement of geomagnetic reversal paths as a possible sedimentary artifact. Nature 358 (1992) 226-230
14. Mazaud A. 'Sawtooth' variation in magnetic intensity profiles and delayed acquisition of magnetization in deep sea cores. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 139 (1996) 379-386
15. Bleil U., and Dobeneck T.v. Geomagnetic events and relative paleointensity records; clues to high-resolution paleomagnetic chronostratigraphies of late Quaternary marine sediments?. In: Fischer G., and Wefer G. (Eds). Use of proxies in paleoceanography; examples from the South Atlantic (1999), Springer, Berlin 635-654
16. Merrill R.T., McElhinny M.W., and McFadden P.L. The Magnetic Field of the Earth: Paleomagnetism, the Core and the Deep Mantle (1996), Academic Press, London
17. Mazaud A. An attempt at reconstructing the geomagnetic field at the core-mantle boundary during the upper Olduvai polarity transition (1.66 Myear). Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 90 (1995) 211-219
18. Shao J.C., Fuller M., Tanimoto T., Dunn J.R., and Stone D.B. Spherical harmonic analyses of paleomagnetic data: The time-averaged geomagnetic field for the past 5 Myr and the Brunhes-Matuyama reversal. J. Geophys. Res. 104 (1999) 5015-5030
19. Langel R.A., Kerridge D.J., Barraclough D.R., and Malin S.R.C. Geomagnetic temporal change: 1903-1982, a spline representation. J. Geomagn. Geoelectr. 38 (1982) 327-349
20. Bloxham J., and Jackson A. Time-dependent mapping of the magnetic field at the core-mantle boundary. J. Geophys. Res. 97 (1992) 19537-19563
21. de Boor C. A Practical Guide to Splines (1978), Springer, New York
22. Glatzmaier G.A., Coe R.S., Hongre L., and Roberts P.H. The role of the Earth's mantle in controlling the frequency of geomagnetic reversals. Nature 401 (1999) 885-890
23. Coe R.S., Hongre L., and Glatzmaier G.A. An examination of simulated geomagnetic reversals from a palaeomagnetic perspective. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 358 (2000) 1141-1170
24. McElhinny M.W., and Lock J. IAGA paleomagnetic databases with ACCESS. Surv. Geophys. 17 (1996) 575-591
25. Love J.J., and Mazaud A. A database for the Matuyama-Brunhes magnetic reversal. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 103 (1997) 207-245
26. Clement B.M. Dependence of the duration of geomagnetic polarity reversals on site latitude. Nature 428 (2004) 637-640
27. Valet J.-P., Brassat J., Quidelleur X., Soler V., Gillot P.-Y., and Hongre L. Paleointensity variations across the last geomagnetic reversal at La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. J. Geophys. Res. 104 (1999) 7577-7598
28. Valet J.-P., Tauxe L., and Clement B.M. Equatorial and mid-latitude records of the last geomagnetic reversal from the Atlantic Ocean. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 94 (1989) 371-384
29. Quidelleur X., Carlut J., Soler V., Valet J.-P., and Gillot P.Y. The age and duration of the Matuyama-Brunhes transition from new K-Ar data from La Palma (Canary Islands) and revisited (super 40) Ar/(super 39) Ar ages. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 208 (2003) 149-163
30. Clement B.M., and Kent D.V. Geomagnetic polarity transition records from five hydraulic piston core sites in the North Atlantic. Init. Rept. DSDP 94 (1986) 831-852
31. Clement B.M., and Kent D.V. A southern hemisphere record of the Matuyama-Brunhes polarity reversal. Geophys. Res. Lett. 18 (1991) 81-84
32. Singer B.S., Hoffman K.A., Coe R.S., Brown L.L., Jicha B.R., Pringle M.S., and Chauvin A. Structural and temporal requirements for geomagnetic field reversal deduced from lava flows. Nature 434 (2005) 633-636
33. J. Athanassopolous, A Matuyama-Brunhes polarity reversal record: comparison between thermal and alternating field demagnetization on ocean sediments from the North Pacific Transect, Ph.D. thesis, Univ. California, Santa Barbara (1993).
34. Zhu R.-X., Laj C., and Mazaud A. The Matuyama-Brunhes and Upper Jaramillo transitions recorded in a loess section at Weinan, north-central China. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 125 (1994) 143-158
35. Okada M., and Niitsuma N. Detailed paleomagnetic records during the Brunhes-Matuyama geomagnetic reversal, and a direct determination of depth lag for magnetization in marine sediments. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 56 (1989) 133-150
36. Raymo M.E., Oppo D.W., and Curry W. A mid-Pleistocene climate transition: a deep sea carbon isotopic perspective. Paleoceanography 12 (1997) 546-559
37. 18O records. Paleoceanography 20 (2005) PA1003 10.1029/2004PA001071
38. Williams I., and Theyer F. Longitudinal conformity of the VGP paths for certain records of the last reversal. EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 65 (1984) 870
39. 39Ar ages and implications. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 222 (2004) 667-684
40. Oda H., Shibuya H., and Hsu V. Paleomagnetic records of the Brunhes/Matuyama polarity transition from ODP Leg 124 (Celebes and Sulu seas). Geophys. J. Int. 142 (2000) 319-338
41. Love J.J., and Constable C.G. Gaussian statistics for paleomagnetic vectors. Geophys. J. Int. 152 (2003) 515-565
42. Chauvin A., Roperch P., and Duncan R.A. Records of geomagnetic reversals from volcanic islands of French Polynesia 2. Paleomagnetic study of a flow sequence (1.2-0.6 Ma) from the island of Tahiti and discussion of reversal models. J. Geophys. Res. 95 (1990) 2727-2752
43. 39Ar ages from the Tatara-San Pedro volcanic complex, Chilean Andes: lava record of a Matuyama-Brunhes precursor?. J. Geophys. Res. 109 (2004) B12101 10.1029/2004JB003007
44. Dekkers M.J., Langereis C.G., Vriend S.P., Santvoort P.J.M.v., and Lange G.J.d. Fuzzy c-means cluster analysis of early diagnetic effects on natural remanent magnetisation acquisition in a 1.1 Myr piston core from the central Mediterranean. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 85 (1994) 155-171
45. Tarduno J.A., and Wilkison S.L. Non-steady state magnetic mineral reduction, chemical lock-in, and delayed remanence acquisition in pelagic sediments. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 144 (1996) 315-326
46. Herr B., Fuller M., Haag M., and Heider F. Influence of drilling on two records of the Matuyama/Brunhes polarity transition in marine sediment cores near Gran Canaria. Proc. Ocean Drill. Prog., Sci. Results 157 (1998) 57-69
47. Spassov S., and Raymo M.E. The Matuyama/Brunhes geomagnetic polarity transition at Lingtai and Baoji, Chinese Loess Plateau. Phys. Chem. Earth 26 (2001) 899-904
48. Zhou L.P., and Shackleton N.J. Misleading positions of geomagnetic reversal boundaries in Eurasian loess and implications for correlation between continental and marine sedimentary sequences. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 168 (1999) 117-130
49. Wang X., Løvlie R., Yang Z., Pei J., Zhao Z., and Sun Z. Remagnetization of Quaternary eolian deposits: a case study from SE Chinese Loess Plateau. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 6 (2005) Q06H18 10.1029/2004GC000901
50. Valet J.-P., Tauxe L., and Clark D.R. The Matuyama-Brunhes transition recorded from Lake Tecopa sediments (California). Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 87 (1988) 463-472
51. Larson E.E., and Patterson P.E. The Matuyama-Brunhes reversal at Tecopa basin, southeastern California, revisited again. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 120 (1993) 311-325
52. Tauxe L., Herbert T., Shackleton N.J., and Kok Y.S. Astronomical calibration of the Matuyama-Brunhes boundary: consequences for remanence acquisition in marine carbonates and the Asian loess sequences. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 140 (1996) 133-146
53. Merrill R.T., and McFadden P.L. Geomagnetic polarity transitions. Rev. Geophys. 37 (1999) 201-226
54. Love J.J. Statistical assessment of preferred transitional VGP longitudes on palaeomagnetic lava data. Geophys. J. Int. 140 (2000) 211-221
55. Runcorn S. Polar path in geomagnetic reversals. Nature 356 (1992) 654-656
56. Hoffman K.A. Temporal aspects of the last reversal of the Earth's magnetic field. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 358 (2000) 1181-1190
57. Cisowski S.M., and Koyama M. Detailed record of the Brunhes/Matuyama polarity reversal in high sedimentation rate marine sediments from the Isu-Bonin Arc. Proc. Ocean Drill. Prog., Sci. Results 126 (1992) 341-352
58. Clement B.M., and Kent D.V. Latitudinal dependency of geomagnetic polarity transition durations. Nature 310 (1984) 488-491
59. Quidelleur X., and Valet J.-P. Geomagnetic changes across the last reversal recorded in lava flows from La Palma, Canary Islands. J. Geophys. Res. 101 (1996) 13755-13773