Biogenic magnetite as a primary remanence carrier in limestone deposits

SBR Chang, JL Kirschvink, JF Stolz - Physics of the Earth and Planetary …, 1987 - Elsevier
Studies on the microbial communities and magnetic phases of samples collected from
carbonate oozes at Sugarloaf Key, FL, USA and calcareous laminated sediments from …

A 14,000-year environmental change history revealed by mineral magnetic data from White Lake, New Jersey, USA

YX Li, Z Yu, KP Kodama, RE Moeller - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2006 - Elsevier
The increasing use of magnetic parameters as a proxy for environmental change
necessitates the understanding of processes that link magnetic properties of sediments …

Key signatures of magnetofossils elucidated by mutant magnetotactic bacteria and micromagnetic calculations

M Amor, J Wan, R Egli, J Carlut, C Gatel… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) produce single‐stranded or multi‐stranded chains of magnetic
nanoparticles that contribute to the magnetization of sediments and rocks. Their magnetic …

Possible evidence for dissimilatory bacterial magnetite dominating the magnetic properties of recent lake sediments

Z Gibbs-Eggar, B Jude, J Dominik, JL Loizeau… - Earth and Planetary …, 1999 - Elsevier
Rock magnetic measurements, including low temperature susceptibility and Curie
Temperature experiments, show that the most recent sediments from the Bay of Vidy, close …

Authigenesis of magnetite in organic-rich sediment next to a dike: implications for thermoviscous and chemical remagnetizations

B Katz, RD Elmore, MH Engel - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 1998 - Elsevier
Rock magnetic results from organic-rich sediment around a Tertiary dike in Scotland indicate
changes in magnetic mineralogy and magnetite content as well as grain size in the contact …

Paleoenvironmental significance of magnetofossils in pelagic sediments in the equatorial Pacific Ocean before and after the Eocene/Oligocene boundary

Y Lu, D Wang, X Jiang, Z Lin, Y Yang… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB), sensitive to redox status, leave fossil bacterial magnetite
(magnetofossils) in sediments. The relative contents of cuboctahedral, elongated prismatic …

Insights into a correlation between magnetotactic bacteria and polymetallic nodule distribution in the eastern central Pacific Ocean

Y Liu, S Liu, VA Piedrahita, P Liu, S He… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Clarion–Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ) in the eastern central Pacific Ocean
is the world's largest area for potential deep‐sea polymetallic nodule mining and is attracting …

Discovery of giant magnetofossils within and outside of the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in the North Atlantic

P Xue, L Chang, Z Pei, RJ Harrison - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Giant magnetofossils have exceptionally large grain sizes and peculiar morphologies
compared to conventional biogenic magnetite nanoparticles. The origin of these unusual …

A novel authigenic magnetite source for sedimentary magnetization

Z Lin, X Sun, AP Roberts, H Strauss, Y Lu… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We report a novel authigenic nanoscale magnetite source in marine methane seep
sediments. The magnetite occurs in large concentrations in multiple horizons in a 230 m …

Magnetic analyses of soils from the Wind River Range, Wyoming, constrain rates and pathways of magnetic enhancement for soils from semiarid climates

EE Quinton, DE Dahms… - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In order to constrain the rate of magnetic enhancement in soils, we investigated modern
soils from five fluvial terraces in the eastern Wind River Range, Wyoming. Profiles up to 1.2 …