Open AccessCorrelation of Petrology and Natural Magnetic Polarity in Columbia Plateau Basalts
Author(s) -
Wilson R. L.,
Watkins N. D.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1967.tb03150.x
Subject(s) - basalt , polarity (international relations) , plateau (mathematics) , geology , natural remanent magnetization , magnetization , geophysics , magnetic anomaly , condensed matter physics , geochemistry , petrology , magnetic field , remanence , physics , chemistry , mathematical analysis , biochemistry , mathematics , cell , quantum mechanics
Summary This paper reports clear penological differences between normally and reversely magnetized lavas from the Columbia Plateau basalts. We conclude that self‐reversal of magnetization cannot explain this correlation, but that perhaps a causal connection between polarity of the Earth's magnetic field and oxidation state in lavas is necessary to reconcile all the facts.