--> Abstract: Pedogenically Enhanced Magnetic Susceptibility Variations as a Paleoclimatic Proxy in Paleozoic Loessite, by G. S. Soreghan, M. Cogoini, R. D. Elmore, B. Katz, and S. Banerjee; #90937 (1998).

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Abstract: Pedogenically enhanced magnetic susceptibility variations as a paleoclimatic proxy in Paleozoic loessite

SOREGHAN, GERILYN S., MONIKA COGOINI, R. DOUGLAS ELMORE, BODO KATZ, and SANJAY BANERJEE, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma

Summary

Magnetic susceptibility through an upper Paleozoic loessite sequence varies significantly: low values occur in unaltered loessite and high values occur in sedimentologically suspected or confirmed paleosol horizons. Rock magnetic data suggest that these variations reflect differences in concentration and grain size of the magnetic carrier, and are consistent with pedogenic formation of ultra-fine-grained magnetite during warm/wet climatic intervals.

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90937©1998 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Salt Lake City, Utah