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TY - JOUR
T1 - Pinpointing the Mechanism of Magnetic Enhancement in Modern Soils Using High‐Resolution Magnetic Field Imaging
AU - Fu, Roger R.
AU - Maher, Barbara A.
AU - Nie, Junsheng
AU - Gao, Peng
AU - Berndt, Thomas
AU - Folsom, Elizabeth
AU - Cavanaugh, Timothy
PY - 2023/3/31
Y1 - 2023/3/31
N2 - In well‐buffered modern soils, higher annual rainfall is associated with enhanced soil ferrimagnetic mineral content, especially of ultrafine particles that result in distinctive rock magnetic properties. Hence, paleosol magnetism has been widely used as a paleoprecipitation proxy. Identifying the dominant mechanism(s) of magnetic enhancement in a given sample is critical for reliable inference of paleoprecipitation. Here, we use high‐resolution magnetic field and electron microscopy to identify the grain‐scale setting and formation pathway of magnetic enhancement in two modern soils developed in higher (∼580 mm/y) and lower (∼190 mm/y) precipitation settings from the Qilianshan Range, China. We found that both soils contain 1–30 μm aeolian Fe‐oxide grains with indistinguishable rock magnetic properties, while the higher‐precipitation soil contains an additional population of ultrafine (
AB - In well‐buffered modern soils, higher annual rainfall is associated with enhanced soil ferrimagnetic mineral content, especially of ultrafine particles that result in distinctive rock magnetic properties. Hence, paleosol magnetism has been widely used as a paleoprecipitation proxy. Identifying the dominant mechanism(s) of magnetic enhancement in a given sample is critical for reliable inference of paleoprecipitation. Here, we use high‐resolution magnetic field and electron microscopy to identify the grain‐scale setting and formation pathway of magnetic enhancement in two modern soils developed in higher (∼580 mm/y) and lower (∼190 mm/y) precipitation settings from the Qilianshan Range, China. We found that both soils contain 1–30 μm aeolian Fe‐oxide grains with indistinguishable rock magnetic properties, while the higher‐precipitation soil contains an additional population of ultrafine (
KW - BIOGEOSCIENCES
KW - Paleoclimatology and paleoceanography
KW - GEOMAGNETISM AND PALEOMAGNETISM
KW - Environmental magnetism
KW - Rock and mineral magnetism
KW - Instruments and techniques
KW - HYDROLOGY
KW - Precipitation
KW - ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES
KW - Paleoclimatology
KW - PALEOCEANOGRAPHY
KW - Research Article
KW - paleoclimate
KW - environmental magnetism
KW - instrumentation
KW - precipitation
KW - soils
KW - microscopy
U2 - 10.1029/2022gc010812
DO - 10.1029/2022gc010812
M3 - Journal article
VL - 24
JO - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
JF - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
SN - 1525-2027
IS - 3
M1 - e2022GC010812
ER -