On the Reliability (Remagnetization?) of Paleomagnetic Poles Obtained from Permo-Silurian Rocks from Oaxaca Mexico, Belize and Guatemala: Insights from Rock Magnetic Studies
On the Reliability (Remagnetization?) of Paleomagnetic Poles Obtained from Permo-Silurian Rocks from Oaxaca Mexico, Belize and Guatemala: Insights from Rock Magnetic Studies作者机构：Instituto de Geologia UNAM Ciudad Universitaria Mexico City Mexico Paleomagnetics and Petrofabrics Laboratory SOEST-Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii USA
出 版 物：《Open Journal of Geology》 (地质学期刊（英文）)
年 卷 期：2012年第2卷第2期
页 面：48-56页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题：Paleomagnetism Remagnetization Granites Dike Limestones
摘 要：In the reconstruction of past movements of tectonic plates, the determination of reliable paleomagnetic poles is of utmost importance. To achieve accurate results, a full knowledge of the rock magnetic properties of the samples is required particularly for Curie point, for grain-size analyses in addition to thermal and alternating field (a.f.) demagnetization experiments. We present the comparative results of 20 sites drilled at 3 different Paleozoic areas: The Permian rocks of the Juchatengo area in Oaxaca, Mexico;the Late Silurian (~418 Ma) Mountain Pine Ridge Granite, the Hummingbird Granite in Belize, and the Early Leonardian Chochal Limestone in Guatemala. The samples of all 20 sites were subjected to a.f. and thermal demagnetization in 16 steps from NRM to 100 mT, the thermally demagnetized samples were cleaned in 15 increasing temperature steps from NRM up to 675℃. Principal component analysis was applied to the samples in order to obtain their respective mean directions. Saturation Isothermal Remanent Magnetization (SIRM), hysteresis loops, and coercivity experiments performed indicate that about 90% of the samples were characterized by Multi-Domain (MD) grain sizes and the rest were in the Pseudo-Single Domain (PSD) range of the Day diagram. Curie point determinations results ranged from 190℃ to 660℃, indicating the presence of titanomagnetites as well as hematite. In the Juchatengo area reliable poles were obtained from 3 sites, in Belize 3 sites and only 2 sites of the Permian Chochal Formation, Guatemala yielded coherent and useful results. All the “reliable paleopoles obtained do not agree with the APWP of North America.
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