Are systematic differences between thermal and microwave Thellier-type palaeointensity estimates a consequence of multidomain bias in the thermal results?

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 180, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 16-40

  Biggin, Andrew John ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lavas; Microwave; Multidomain; Palaeointensity; Palaeomagnetism; Thermoremanence

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; FERRIMAGNETIC GRAINS; LOW TEMPERATURES; META-ANALYSIS; MULTI DOMAINS; NONIDEAL EFFECTS; PALAEOINTENSITY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; ROCK UNITS; THELLIER PALAEOINTENSITY; THERMAL EXPERIMENT; THERMOREMANENCE; VORTEX STATE;

GEOMAGNETISM; IGNEOUS ROCKS;

MICROWAVES;

DATA SET; DATABASE; IGNEOUS ROCK; LAVA; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; META-ANALYSIS; PALEOMAGNETISM; THERMOREMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 77952544345     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

References (79)

1. Aitken M.J., Allsop A.L., Bussell G.D., Winter M.B. Determination of the intensity of the Earth's magnetic field during archeological times: reliability of the Thellier technique. Reviews of Geophysics 1988, 26:3-12.
2. Biggin A.J. First-order symmetry of weak-field partial thermoremanence in multi-domain (MD) ferromagnetic grains. 2. Implications for Thellier-type palaeointensity determination. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2006, 245(1-2):454-470.
3. Biggin A.J., Perrin M., Dekkers M.J. A reliable absolute palaeointensity determination obtained from a non-ideal recorder. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2007, 257(3-4):545-563.
4. Biggin A.J., Perrin M., Shaw J. A comparison of a quasi-perpendicular method of absolute palaeointensity determination with other thermal and microwave techniques. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2007, 257(3-4):564-581.
5. Biggin A.J., Poidras T. First-order symmetry of weak-field partial thermoremanence in multi-domain ferromagnetic grains. 1. Experimental evidence and physical implications. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2006, 245(1-2):438-453.
6. Biggin A.J., Thomas D.N. The application of acceptance criteria to results of Thellier palaeointensity experiments performed on samples with pseudo-single-domain-like characteristics. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2003, 138(3-4):279-287.
7. Böhnel H., Biggin A.J., Walton D., Shaw J., Share J.A. Microwave palaeointensities from a recent Mexican lava flow, baked sediments and reheated pottery. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2003, 214(1-2):221-236.
8. Böhnel H., et al. Variation of rock magnetic parameters and paleointensities over a single Holocene lava flow. Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity 1997, 49(4):523-542.
9. Brown M.C., Shaw J., Goguitchaichvili A.T. Microwave palaeointensity from the R3-N3 geomagnetic field reversal. Geophysical Journal International 2006, 167(1):53-69.
10. Calvo M., Prevot M., Perrin M., Riisager J. Investigating the reasons for the failure of palaeointensity experiments: a study on historical lava flows from Mt. Etna (Italy). Geophysical Journal International 2002, 149(1):44-63.
11. Carlut J., Cormier M.H., Kent D.V., Donnelly K.E., Langmuir C.H. Timing of volcanism along the northern East Pacific Rise based on paleointensity experiments on basaltic glasses. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 2004, 109(B4). B04104 1-16.
12. Carlut J., Kent D.V. Grain-size-dependent paleointensity results from very recent mid-oceanic ridge basalts. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 2002, 107(B3). doi:10.1029/2001JB000439.
13. Carvallo C., et al. Increasing the efficiency of paleointensity analyses by selection of samples using first-order reversal curve diagrams. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 2006, 111(B12). B12103 1-15.
14. Chauvin A., Roperch P., Levi S. Reliability of geomagnetic paleointensity data: the effects of the NRM fraction and concave-up behavior on paleointensity determinations by the Thellier method. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2005, 150(4):265-286.
15. Coe R.S. Palaeointensities of the Earth's magnetic field determined from tertiary and quaternary rocks. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 1967, 72:3247-3262.
16. Coe R.S., Grommé C.S., Mankinen E.A. Geomagnetic paleointensities from radiocarbon dated lava flows on Hawaii and the question of the Pacific non-dipole low. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 1978, 83:1740-1756.
17. Coe R.S., Riisager J., Plenier G., Leonhardt R., Krasa D. Multidomain behavior during Thellier paleointensity experiments: results from the 1915 Mt. Lassen flow. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2004, 147(2-3):141-153.
18. Cottrell R.D., Tarduno J.A. Geomagnetic paleointensity derived from single plagioclase crystals. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 1999, 169(1-2):1-5.
19. Day R., Fuller M., Schmidt V.A. Hysteresis properties of titanomagnetites: grain-size and compositional dependence. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 1977, 13:260-267.
20. Dekkers M.J., Böhnel H.N. Reliable absolute palaeointensities independent of magnetic domain state. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2006, 248(1-2):508-517.
21. Donadini F., et al. Holocene geomagnetic paleointensities: a blind test of absolute paleointensity techniques and materials. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2007, 161(1-2):19-35.
22. Dunlop D.J. Paleointensity determination using continuous thermal measurements by a high-temperature vibrating thermomagnetometer. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 2008.
23. Fabian K. A theoretical treatment of paleointensity determination experiments on rocks containing pseudo-single or multi-domain magnetic particles. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2001, 188(1-2):45-58.
24. Fabian K. Thermochemical remanence acquisition in single-domain particle ensembles: a case for possible overestimation of the geomagnetic paleointensity. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 2009, 10(6). doi:10.1029/2009GC002420.
25. Fox J.M.W., Aitken M.J. Cooling-rate dependence of thermoremanent magnetisation. Nature 1980, 283:462-463.
26. Garcia A.S., Thomas D.N., Liss D., Shaw J. Low geomagnetic field intensity during the Kiaman superchron: Thellier and microwave results from the Great Whin Sill intrusive complex, northern United Kingdom. Geophysical Research Letters 2006, 33(16). doi:10.1029/2006GL026729.
27. Goguitchaichvili A.T., Prevot M., Camps P. No evidence for strong fields during the R3-N3 Icelandic geomagnetic reversal. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 1999, 167(1-2):15-34.
28. Gratton M.N., Goguitchaichvili A., Conte G., Shaw J., Urrutia-Fucugauchi J. Microwave palaeointensity study of the Jorullo volcano (Central Mexico). Geophysical Journal International 2005, 161(3):627-634.
29. Gratton M.N., Shaw J., Herrero-Bervera E. An absolute palaeointensity record from SOH1 lava core. Hawaii using the microwave technique. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2005, 148(2-4):193-214.
30. Herrero-Bervera E., Valet J.P. Absolute paleointensity and reversal records from the Waianae sequence (Oahu, Hawaii, USA). Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2005, 234(1-2):279-296.
31. Hill M.J., Gratton M.N., Shaw J. A comparison of thermal and microwave palaeomagnetic techniques using lava containing laboratory induced remanence. Geophysical Journal International 2002, 151(1):157-163.
32. Hill M.J., Gratton M.N., Shaw J. Palaeomagnetic investigation of Tertiary lava from Barrington Tops, NSW, Australia, using thermal and microwave techniques. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2002, 198(3-4):245-256.
33. Hill M.J., Pan Y.X., Davies C.J. An assessment of the reliability of palaeointensity results obtained from the Cretaceous aged Suhongtu section, Inner Mongolia, China. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2008, 169(1-4):76-88.
34. Hill M.J., Shaw J. Palaeointensity results for historic lavas from Mt Etna using microwave demagnetization/remagnetization in a modified Thellier-type experiment. Geophysical Journal International 1999, 139(2):583-590.
35. Hill M.J., Shaw J. Magnetic field intensity study of the 1960 Kilauea lava flow. Hawaii, using the microwave palaeointensity technique. Geophysical Journal International 2000, 142(2):487-504.
36. Hill M.J., Shaw J. The use of the 'Kono perpendicular applied field method' in microwave palaeointensity experiments. Earth Planets and Space 2007, 59(7):711-716.
37. Hill M.J., Shaw J., Herrero-Bervera E. Determining palaeointensity from the Gilbert Gauss reversal recorded in the Pu'u Heleakala lava section, Wai'anae Volcano, Oahu, Hawaii. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2006, 245(1-2):29-38.
38. Hill M.J., Shaw J., Hettero-Bervera E. Palaeointensity record through the lower mammoth reversal from the Waianae volcano, Hawaii. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2005, 230(3-4):255-272.
39. Hoffman K.A., Biggin A.J. A rapid multiple-sample approach to the determination of absolute paleointensity. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 2005, 110(B12). doi:10.1029/2005JB003646.
40. Kono M., Ueno N. Palaeointensity determination by a modified Thellier method. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 1977, 13:305-314.
41. Kosterov A.A., Prevot M. Possible mechanisms causing failure of Thellier palaeointensity experiments in some basalts. Geophysical Journal International 1998, 134(2):554-572.
42. Le Goff M., Gallet Y. A new three-axis vibrating sample magnetometer for continuous high-temperature magnetization measurements: applications to paleo- and archeo-intensity determinations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2004, 229(1-2):31-43.
43. Leonhardt R., Krasa D., Coe R.S. Multidomain behavior during Thellier paleointensity experiments: a phenomenological model. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2004, 147(2-3):127-140.
44. Levi S. The effect of magnetite particle size on palaeointensity determinations of the geomagnetic field. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 1977, 13:245-259.
45. McClelland E., Briden J.C. An improved methodology for Thellier-type paleointensity determination in igneous rocks and its usefulness for verifying primary thermoremanence. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 1996, 101(B10):21995-22013.
46. Michalk D.M., Biggin A.J., Knudsen M.F., Böhnel H.N., Nowaczyk N., Ownby S., Lopez-Martinez M. Application of the multispecimen palaeointensity method to Pleistocene lava flows from the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2010, 179:139-156.
47. Michalk D.M., Muxworthy A.R., Bohnel H.N., Maclennan J., Nowaczyk N. Evaluation of the multispecimen parallel differential pTRM method: a test on historical lavas from Iceland and Mexico. Geophysical Journal International 2008, 173(2):409-420.
48. Mochizuki N., et al. Palaeointensity study of the Oshima 1986 lava in Japan: implications for the reliability of the Thellier and LTD-DHT Shaw methods. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2004, 146(3-4):395-416.
49. Nagata T., Arai Y., Momose K. Secular variation of the geomagnetic total force during the last 5000 years. Journal of Geophysical Research 1963, 68:5277-5282.
50. Paterson G.A., Muxworthy A.R., Roberts A.P., MacNiocaill C. Assessment of The Usefulness of Lithic Clasts From Pyroclastic Deposits For Paleointensity Determination. Journal of geophysical research 2009, 115(B03104). 10.1029/2009JB006475.
51. Perrin M. Paleointensity determination, magnetic domain structure, and selection criteria. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 1998, 103(B12):30591-30600.
52. Pick T., Tauxe L. Geomagnetic palaeointensities during the cretaceous normal superchron measured using submarine basaltic glass. Nature 1993, 366(6452):238-242.
53. Pressling N., Brown M.C., Gratton M.N., Shaw J., Gubbins D. Microwave palaeointensities from Holocene age Hawaiian lavas: investigation of magnetic properties and comparison with thermal palaeointensities. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2007, 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.03.007.
54. Pressling N., Laj C., Kissel C., Champion D., Gubbins D. Palaeomagnetic intensities from C-14-dated lava flows on the Big Island, Hawaii: 0-21 kyr. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2006, 247(1-2):26-40.
55. Riisager P., Riisager J. Detecting multidomain magnetic grains in Thellier palaeointensity experiments. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2001, 125(1-4):111-117.
56. Selkin P.A., Gee J.S., Tauxe L. Nonlinear thermoremanence acquisition and implications for paleointensity data. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2007, 256(1-2):81-89.
57. Selkin P.A., Tauxe L. Long-term variations in palaeointensity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series a-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 2000, 358(1768):1065-1088.
58. Shaw J., Yang S., Rolph T.C., Sun F.Y. A comparison of archaeointensity results from Chinese ceramics using microwave and conventional Thellier's and Shaw's methods. Geophysical Journal International 1999, 136(3):714-718.
59. Shcherbakov V.P., Shcherbakova V.V. On the suitability of the Thellier method of palaeointensity determinations on pseudo-single-domain and multidomain grains. Geophysical Journal International 2001, 146(1):20-30.
60. Shi R.P., Hill M.J., Zhu R.X., He H.Y., Shaw J. Ar-40/Ar-39 dating and preliminary paleointensity determination on a single lava flow from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2005, 152(1-2):78-89.
61. Suttie N., Shaw J., Hill M.J. Direct demonstration of microwave demagnetization of a whole rock sample with minimal heating. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2010, 292:357-362.
62. Tauxe L., Staudigel H. Strength of the geomagnetic field in the Cretaceous Normal Superchron: new data from submarine basaltic glass of the Troodos Ophiolite. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 2004, 5. (Art. No. Q02H06).
63. Teanby N., Laj C., Gubbins D., Pringle M. A detailed palaeointensity and inclination record from drill core SOH1 on Hawaii. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2002, 131(2):101-140.
64. Tema E. Estimate of the magnetic anisotropy effect on the archaeomagnetic inclination of ancient bricks. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2009, 176:213-223.
65. Thellier E. Sur l'aimantation des terres cuites et ses applications géophysique. Annales de l'Institut de physique du globe de l'Université de Paris 1938, 16:157-302.
66. Thellier E., Thellier O. Sur l'intensité du champ magnétique terrestre dans la passé historique et géologique. Annales de Geophysique 1959, 15:285-376.
67. Thomas D.N., Hill M.J., Garcia A.S. Comparison of the Coe-Thellier-Thellier and microwave palaeointensity techniques using high-titanium titanomagnetites: results from a Tertiary basaltic intrusion from the Sydney Basin, New South Wales. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2004, 229(1-2):15-29.
68. Walton D., Share J., Rolph T.C., Shaw J. Microwave magnetization. Geophysical Research Letters 1993, 20(2):109-111.
69. Walton D., Shaw J., Share J., Hakes J. Microwave demagnetization. Journal of Applied Physics 1992, 71(3):1549-1551.
70. Walton D., Snape S., Rolph T.C., Shaw J., Share J. Application of ferrimagnetic resonance heating to palaeointensity determinations. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 1996, 94(3-4):183-186.
71. Yamamoto M., Hoshi H. Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic studies of the Sakurajima 1914 and 1946 andesitic lavas from Japan: a comparison of the LTD-DHT Shaw and Thellier paleointensity methods. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2008, 167:118-143.
72. Yamamoto Y. Possible TCRM acquisition of the Kilauea 1960 lava. Hawaii: failure of the Thellier paleointensity determination inferred from equilibrium temperature of the Fe-Ti oxide. Earth Planets and Space 2006, 58(8):1033-1044.
73. Yamamoto Y., Tsunakawa H. Geomagnetic field intensity during the last 5 Myr: LTD-DHT Shaw palaeointensities from volcanic rocks of the Society Islands. French Polynesia. Geophysical Journal International 2005, 162(1):79-114.
74. Yamamoto Y., Tsunakawa H., Shibuya H. Palaeointensity study of the Hawaiian 1960 lava: implications for possible causes of erroneously high intensities. Geophysical Journal International 2003, 153(1):263-276.
75. Yu Y., Tauxe L. Effect of multi-cycle heat treatment and pre-history dependence on partial thermoremanence (pTRM) and pTRM tails. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2006, 157(3-4):196-207.
76. Yu Y.J., Dunlop D.J. On partial thermoremanent magnetization tail checks in Thellier paleointensity determination. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 2003, 108(B11). doi:10.1029/2003JB002420.
77. Yu Y.J., Tauxe L. Testing the IZZI protocol of geomagnetic field intensity determination. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 2005, 6. doi:10.1029/2004GC000840.
78. Zhu R.X., Pan Y.X., He H.Y., Qin H.F., Ren S.M. Palaeomagnetism and Ar-40/Ar-39 age from a Cretaceous volcanic sequence, Inner Mongolia, China: implications for the field variation during the Cretaceous normal superchron. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2008, 169(1-4):59-75.
79. Ziegler L.B., Constable C.G., Johnson C.L. Testing the robustness and limitations of 0-1 Ma absolute paleointensity data. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2008, 170(1-2):34-45.