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Audunsson et al. 1992
Audunsson, H., Levi, S. and Hodges, F. (1992). Magnetic Property Zonation in a Thick Lava Flow. Journal of Geophysical Research 97: doi: 10.1029/91JB01508. issn: 0148-0227.

In this study, grain size and composition-dependent magneticproperties of titanomagnetite minerals are used as indicators of intraflow stuctures and magmatic evolution in an extensive and thick (30--60 m) basaltic lava flow. Similar zonation occurs inthis flow at three localities separated by tens of kilometers. The magnetic properties subdivide the flow to three zones. The upper layer, representing the top 1/3 of the lava (≤20 m), has higher magnetic stability due to smaller and more deuterically oxidized titanomagnetite grains, approaching pure magnetite. The central layer in the underlying 2/3 of the flow (≤35 m) has larger, magnetically less stable, and less oxidized grains with relatively uniform magnetic properties. The basal layer, the bottom 1/10 of the flow (≤5 m), has near primary, least oxidized titanomagnetites (Ulv68Mag32). The upperintraflow boundary of the magnetic properties appears to coincide with the transition from entablature (above) to colonnade (below), distinguishing between regions of faster and slower cooling. Microprobe data indicate that the intraflow oxidation state (Fe3+/Fe2+) of the initially precipitated primary titanomagnetites increases with falling equilibrium temperature from the flow margins to a maximum near the center, the position of lowest equilibrium temperature. In contrast, Curie temperature measurements indicate that titanomagnetite oxidation increases with height in the flow. Modification of the initially symmetric equilibrium titanomagnetite compositions was caused by subsolidus high-temperature oxidation possibly due to hydrogen loss produced by dissociation of magmatic water, as well as unknown contributions of circulating air and percolating water from above. The titanomagnetites of the basal layer of the flow remain essentially unaltered. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1992

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Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism, Rock and mineral magnetism, Physical Properties of Rocks, Magnetic and electrical properties, Mineralogy and Petrology, Igneous petrology, Mineralogy and Petrology, Minor and trace element composition
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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