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Hysteresis parameters and magnetic anisotropy of silicate-hosted magnetite exsolutions

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cam.depositDate2022-01-03
cam.issuedOnline2022-01-17
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dc.contributor.authorNikolaisen, Even S
dc.contributor.authorHarrison, Richard
dc.contributor.authorFabian, Karl
dc.contributor.authorChurch, Nathan
dc.contributor.authorMcEnroe, Suzanne A
dc.contributor.authorSørensen, Bjørn Eske
dc.contributor.authorTegner, Christian
dc.contributor.orcidNikolaisen, Even S [0000-0002-8285-2797]
dc.contributor.orcidFabian, Karl [0000-0002-3504-3292]
dc.contributor.orcidChurch, Nathan [0000-0001-5426-6224]
dc.contributor.orcidMcEnroe, Suzanne A [0000-0002-0011-6156]
dc.contributor.orcidSørensen, Bjørn Eske [0000-0002-9647-1784]
dc.contributor.orcidTegner, Christian [0000-0003-1407-7298]
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-05T00:32:39Z
dc.date.available2022-01-05T00:32:39Z
dc.date.issued2022-02-28
dc.date.updated2022-01-03T09:34:08Z
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>SUMMARY</jats:title> <jats:p>Anisotropy of remanent magnetization and magnetic susceptibility are highly sensitive and important indicators of geological processes which are largely controlled by mineralogical parameters of the ferrimagnetic fraction in rocks. To provide new physical insight into the complex interaction between magnetization structure, shape, and crystallographic relations, we here analyse ‘slice-and-view’ focused-ion-beam (FIB) nano-tomography data with micromagnetic modelling and single crystal hysteresis measurements. The data sets consist of 68 magnetite inclusions in orthopyroxene (Mg60) and 234 magnetite inclusions in plagioclase (An63) were obtained on mineral separates from the Rustenburg Layered Suite of the Bushveld Intrusive Complex, South Africa. Electron backscatter diffraction was used to determine the orientation of the magnetite inclusions relative to the crystallographic directions of their silicate hosts. Hysteresis loops were calculated using the finite-element micromagnetics code MERRILL for each particle in 20 equidistributed field directions and compared with corresponding hysteresis loops measured using a vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) on silicate mineral separates from the same samples. In plagioclase the ratio of remanent magnetization to saturation magnetization (Mrs/Ms) for both model and measurement agree within 1.0 per cent, whereas the coercivity (Hc) of the average modelled curve is 20 mT lower than the measured value of 60 mT indicating the presence of additional sources of high coercivity in the bulk sample. The VSM hysteresis measurements of the orthopyroxene were dominated by multidomain (MD) magnetite, whereas the FIB location was chosen to avoid MD particles and thus contains only particles with diameters &amp;lt;500 nm that are considered to be the most important carriers of palaeomagnetic remanence. To correct for this sampling bias, measured MD hysteresis loops from synthetic and natural magnetites were combined with the average hysteresis loop from the MERRILL models of the FIB region. The result shows that while the modelled small-particle fraction only explains 6 per cent of the best fit to the measured VSM hysteresis loop, it contributes 28 per cent of the remanent magnetization. The modelled direction of maximal Mrs/Ms in plagioclase is subparallel to [001]plag, whereas Hc does not show a strong orientation dependence. The easy axis of magnetic remanence is in the direction of the magnetite population normal to (150)plag and the maximum calculated susceptibility (χ*) is parallel to [010]plag. For orthopyroxene, the maximum Mrs/Ms, maximum χ* and the easy axis of remanence is strongly correlated to the elongation axes of magnetite in the [001]opx direction. The maximum Hc is oriented along [100]opx and parallel to the minimum χ*, which reflects larger vortex nucleation fields when the applied field direction approaches the short axis. The maximum Hc is therefore orthogonal to the maximum Mrs/Ms, controlled by axis-aligned metastable single-domain states at zero field. The results emphasize that the nature of anisotropy in natural magnetite does not just depend on the particle orientations, but on the presence of different stable and metastable domain states, and the mechanism of magnetic switching between them. Magnetic modelling of natural magnetic particles is therefore a vital method to extract and process anisotropic hysteresis parameters directly from the primary remanence carriers.</jats:p>
dc.description.sponsorshipResearch Council of Norway Project 245963/F50
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.79416
dc.identifier.eissn1365-246X
dc.identifier.issn0956-540X
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/331967
dc.publisherOxford University Press (OUP)
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Earth Sciences
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggac007
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
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dc.subject37 Earth Sciences
dc.subject3703 Geochemistry
dc.subject3705 Geology
dc.subject3706 Geophysics
dc.titleHysteresis parameters and magnetic anisotropy of silicate-hosted magnetite exsolutions
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-12-30
prism.publicationNameGeophysical Journal International
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rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1093/gji/ggac007

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