Reliability of the palaeomagnetic signal recorded in a lava flow erupted on 4 December 2021 in La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain)

Author:

Calvo-Rathert Manuel1,Vernet Eva1,Parés Josep M2,Soler Vicente3,Sánchez-Moreno Elisa-María1ORCID,Bógalo María-Felicidad1,Carrancho Ángel4,Yamamoto Yuhji5,Rodríguez-Méndez Lidia6

Affiliation:

1. Departamento de Física, EPS, Universidad de Burgos , Av. Cantabria, s/n, 09006 Burgos , Spain

2. Geochronology & Geology, CENIEH , Paseo Sierra de Atapuerca 3, 09002 Burgos , Spain

3. Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA) , Av. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez, 3, 38206 San Cristóbal de La Laguna , Spain

4. Área de Prehistoria. Departamento de Historia, Geografía y Comunicación, Universidad de Burgos , 09001 Burgos , Spain

5. Marine Core Research Institute, Kochi University , 783-8502 Kochi , Japan

6. Departamento de Geología, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea , 48080 Bilbao , Spain

Abstract

SUMMARY A basaltic lava flow erupted from the Tajogaite volcano on 4 December 2021, in La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain) was sampled to find out to what extent reliable and correct information on both intensity and direction of the Earth's magnetic field can be obtained from the palaeomagnetic signal recorded in a lava flow which erupted under known conditions. Samples were taken every few centimetres across a flow up to a total of 27 oriented cores. Palaeomagnetic experiments showed a strong viscous overprint in many samples. Nevertheless, the mean palaeomagnetic direction obtained agrees well with the actual value from IGRF-13. Rock magnetic experiments were performed to obtain additional information about the quality and reliability of the results and the reasons for unsuccessful determinations. Analysis of mostly irreversible thermomagnetic curves showed that the carriers of remanence were magnetite and titanomagnetite of low and/or intermediate Curie-temperature. Hysteresis parameter ratios showed a pronounced variability across the flow. Analyses of frequency dependent susceptibility, IRM acquisition coercivity spectra and FORCs showed a noticeably presence of very low coercivity grains (multidomain and superparamagnetic-single domain boundary). Multimethod palaeointensity experiments were performed with the Thellier-Coe, multispecimen and Tsunakawa-Shaw methods. Only three of 25 cores from the flow yielded successful Thellier-Coe determinations, in agreement with the expected field value of 38.7 μT (IGRF-13). However, palaeointensities of 60 per cent of the specimens agree with the expected value performing an informal analysis without considering criteria thresholds. Four of six Tsunakawa-Shaw determinations performed on samples from the flow yielded correct results, but three multispecimen determinations providing apparently successful determinations largely underestimate the expected field intensity. Combination of three Thellier-Coe and four Tsunakawa-Shaw successful determinations yields a multimethod palaeointensity result B = (36.9 ± 2.0) μT in good agreement with the expected field intensity.

Funder

Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación

Junta de Castilla y León

ERDF

JSPS

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

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