Current status and problems of magnetostratigraphic scale development for Kamchatka in the Brunhes epoch. Part 1. Theoretical aspect

A.G. Zubov

Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 683006 Russia

E-mail: zubov@kscnet.ru

Received March 11, 2022

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DOI: 10.26907/2542-064X.2022.4.633-669

For citation: Zubov A.G. Current status and problems of magnetostratigraphic scale development for Kamchatka in the Brunhes epoch. Part 1. Theoretical aspect. Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Estestvennye Nauki, 2022, vol. 164, no. 4, pp. 633–669. doi: 10.26907/2542-064X.2022.4.633-669. (In Russian)

Abstract

Magnetostratigraphy has become increasingly popular among geologists worldwide, as evidenced by recent scientific publications. This article reviews the role and place of magnetostratigraphy in general stratigraphic studies. The problem of developing a magnetostratigraphic scale of the Brunhes epoch based on paleosecular variation in the direction or intensity of the geomagnetic field was discussed. Nowadays, the above method has been actively pursued by researchers. Some hitherto little explored problems related to it were considered. Special attention was paid to the applicability range of the local magnetostratigraphic scale on the Earth's surface. Three methods for estimating this parameter were proposed. Possible causes for the bias of paleomagnetic records in lava flows were analyzed: displacement of a recording medium during the recording process or later, magnetic anisotropy of two types, as well as the distortion of the geomagnetic field due to uneven surface magnetism, unevenly cooling lava magnetism, magnetism of surrounding rocks, or magnetohydrodynamic properties of flowing lava. The issues addressed here are important for improving the quality and reliability of paleomagnetic data.

Keywords: Kamchatka, geomagnetic field, paleomagnetism, paleosecular variation, magnetostra­tigraphy, lava, magnetization

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Fig. 1. Results of the paleomagnetic study of the layer of megaplagiophyric lavas in the vicinity of the village of Kozyrevsk: a – a fragment of the figure from [27]. The large circle shows the direction of the modern local geomagnetic field, from which it follows that the unmarked outer contour of the stereogram is 30?; b – paleomagnetic results from [33] with the same scale. The unfilled circle marks the NRM direction in the upper hemisphere of the stereogram; asterisk is the direction of the modern local geomagnetic field according to [27].

Fig. 2. Results of the paleomagnetic study of the residues of the flow of megaplagiophyric lavas in the vicinity of the village of Klyuchi [33]. Samples were taken from different sides of the residual outcrop: yu, z, s are the southern, western, and northern sides, respectively. Arrows in the stereogram indicate the displacement of the points of paleodirections as a result of the inferred deformations of the lava flow. The square is the anomalous (by O.M. Alypova) average NRM direction [32] of a series of basalt lava flows at the bottom of the Klyuchevskaya group of volcanoes.

Fig. 3. Graph for calculating the threshold values of P_max and ∆α using formulas (9)–(12).

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