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Relative Paleointensity and Inclination Anomaly Over the Last 8 Myr Obtained From the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Site U1335 Sediments in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific
Author(s) -
Yamazaki Toshitsugu,
Yamamoto Yuhji
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: solid earth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.983
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 2169-9356
pISSN - 2169-9313
DOI - 10.1029/2018jb016209
Subject(s) - paleomagnetism , geology , magnetic anomaly , polarity (international relations) , drilling , myr , geomagnetic reversal , magnetite , geophysics , paleontology , magnetic field , chemistry , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , physics , genome , gene , engineering , quantum mechanics , cell
For understanding the fundamentals of the geodynamo such as the relation between paleointensity and polarity length and time‐averaged field (TAF) structure, continuous records of relative paleointensity (RPI) and inclination anomaly (Δ I ) are desired; however, available records older than ~3 Ma are still very limited in time and space. We conducted a paleomagnetic study of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Site U1335 sediments in the eastern equatorial Pacific to obtain continuous RPI and Δ I records since ~8 Ma. Slow deposition, ~8.4 m/Myr or less, limits the resolution of the records but did allow for determination of long‐term variations. Rock‐magnetic measurements showed that biogenic magnetite dominates the magnetic mineral assemblages, and the proportion of biogenic to terrigenous magnetic minerals increases prior to ~4 Ma. The average paleointensity between ~4 and 8 Ma is approximately 30% lower than that from 0 to ~4 Ma. The apparent reduction of RPI at ~4 Ma reaches approximately ~50%, but ~20% of this is estimated to be artificial, induced by the increase in the proportion of biogenic magnetite. No relation between paleointensity and polarity length is recognized for the last ~8 Myr. The magnitude of Δ I is slightly larger during reversed polarity chrons (4.43° ± 1.47°) than normal polarity chrons (−0.69° ± 2.98°) over the last ~5 Myr, which agrees with the available TAF models of this time span. Prior to ~6 Ma, the sign of Δ I during the normal chrons might have switched to positive, and Δ I during reversed chrons might have been slightly larger than that after ~5 Ma.