EarthRef.org Reference Database (ERR) -- Lanza & Zanella 1991

The island of Lipari is formed by Pleistocene volcanites emplaced during four main periods of volcanic activity. A study has been made of their magnetic properties, primarily with the aim of determining changes in the palaeomagnetic directions. Titanomagnetite is always the primary ferromagnetic mineral and its magnetic characteristics are common to the various lithotypes. However, the concentration of titanomagnetite and the degree of magnetic anisotropy vary systematically and correlate with the types of magma (basalt-andesite in the first and second volcanic periods; rhyolite in the third and fourth periods). All palaeomagnetic directions are of normal polarity (Brunhes epoch). Their mean overall palaeomagnetic pole (86-degrees-N, 238-degrees-E; dp = 5-degrees, dm = 6-degrees) is statistically indistinguishable from the geographic pole. The variations in declination and inclination with age, however, are marked by some evidence of a discontinuity between 150 +/- 10 and 127 +/- 8 ka. This age can be correlated with the beginning of the Blake event of reverse polarity. The discontinuity might therefore correspond to magnetic excursions which occurred immediately before.

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