Open AccessDiagenetic magnetization of the Caerfai Bay Shales (Cambrian), South Wales
Author(s) -
Chesson K. C.,
Turner P.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1980.tb02584.x
Subject(s) - geology , authigenic , diagenesis , magnetization , ordovician , bay , overprinting , paleontology , igneous rock , geochemistry , oceanography , metamorphic rock , magnetic field , physics , quantum mechanics
Summary. The Lower Cambrian Caerfai Bay Shales in Dyfed, South Wales, are marine red beds which have been reddened by the diagenetic alteration of volcanic detritus. The pole position of their dominant component of magnetization coincides with those from Lower Ordovician igneous rocks in Great Britain. There is also a subordinate antiparallel component, and some indication of magnetization spanning the folding of the strata, implying a relatively slow acquisition of CRM in a predominantly reversed field. This is consistent with our observation that the magnetization of these marine beds is carried by authigenic haematite.