Magnetic properties of Upper Quaternary sediments from the Scotia Sea, Antarctica

Hamilton, Norman; Pudsey, Carol J.. 2001 Magnetic properties of Upper Quaternary sediments from the Scotia Sea, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 13 (1). 61-66. 10.1017/S0954102001000098

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Abstract/Summary

Magnetic properties of bulk sediment samples taken from three cores from the Scotia Sea, Antarctica were determined using a fully-automated variable field translation balance. Fine-grained detrital magnetite is identified as the principal carrier of remanence in these Upper Quaternary sediments which were deposited under the influence of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Inferred magnetite grain-size is consistent with published bulk grain-size data for these cores. Pseudo-single domain grains characterize Holocene samples, and larger, multi-domain grains occur in glacial samples from two of the cores, whereas samples from the northernmost core site show dominantly multi-domain behaviour.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1017/S0954102001000098
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Antarctic Science in the Global Context (2000-2005) > Signals in Antarctica of Past Global Changes
ISSN:	0954-1020
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Copyright 2001 Cambridge University Press
Additional Keywords:	environmental magnetic parameters, Quaternary, Scotia Sea, sediments.
Date made live:	30 Aug 2012 10:57 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/19418

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