Determining the Basaltic Flow Direction at El Minya Area in Egypt Using Magnetic and Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility Measurements

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Mekkawi ◽  
Ahmed Saleh ◽  
Ahmed Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Anisotropy Of Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Basaltic Flow

scholarly journals Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility and Preferred Pore Orientation in Lava Flow from the Ijen Volcanic Complex, East Java, Indonesia

Geosciences ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fadhli Ramadhana Atarita ◽  
Satria Bijaksana ◽  
Nuresi Rantri Desi Wulan Ndari ◽  
Aditya Pratama ◽  
Reyhan Fariz Taqwantara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Lava Flow ◽  
Igneous Rock ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Sampling Site ◽  
Anisotropy Of Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Vertical Position ◽  
Volcanic Complex ◽  
Micro Computed Tomography

Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) has been used in various studies related to interpreting the direction of lava flow, some of which have shown ambiguity with regard to the data generated. In this study, we explored an alternative option to support the aforementioned application, using lava flow type igneous rock samples from the Ijen Volcanic Complex, East Java, Indonesia. We have investigated the preferred rock pore orientations from micro-computed tomography (μCT) images and quantified their directions. We then calculated their correlation with AMS data by calculating the angle between preferred pore orientation. The axis with the smallest gap to the preferred pore orientation of each sample was assumed to imply lava flow direction. Different lava flow direction preferences were obtained from different magnetic ellipsoids. Another important factor for consideration is the relative vertical position of the sampling site within a single lava flow unit. Only one out of five samples (ANY2) show good quantitative conformity between AMS data, preferred pore orientation, and topographical slope, despite these limitations. Our results point to a direction that seems to be correct and coherent on a physical basis. Additional research would likely clarify the issues involved. This encourages us to explore and work further in this field of research.

scholarly journals ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY (AMS) IN VOLCANIC FORMATIONS: THEORY AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM RECENT VOLCANICS OF BROADER AEGEAN.

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 1308 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Zananiri ◽  
D. Kondopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Source Region ◽  
Physical Property ◽  
Anisotropy Of Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Magnetic Fabric ◽  
Local Flow ◽  
Magma Flow ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Scalar Properties

The anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) is a physical property of rocks widely used in petrofabric studies and other applications. It is based on the measurement of low-field magnetic susceptibility in different directions along a sample. From this process several scalar properties arise, defining the magnitude and symmetry of the AMS ellipsoid, along with the magnetic foliation, namely the magnetic fabric. Imaging the sense of magma flow in dykes is an important task for volcanology; the magnetic fabric provides a fast and accurate way to infer this flow direction. Moreover, the AMS technique can be used in order to distinguish sills and dykes, a task that is almost impossible by using only field observations. Finally in the case of lava flows, the method can be applied to define the local flow conditions and to indicate the position of the "paleo" source region. However, this technique is quite new in Greece. Some preliminary results from volcanic formations of continental Greece and Southern Aegean are presented (Aegina, Almopia, Elatia, Gavra, Kos, Patmos, Samos, Samothraki and Santorini).

scholarly journals Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) of lava and volcanoclastic flows of the Stephano-Permian Cadi basin (central-eastern Pyrenees)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Simon-Muzas ◽  
Antonio M Casas-Sainz ◽  
Ruth Soto ◽  
Josep Gisbert ◽  
Teresa Román-Berdiel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Anisotropy Of Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Lava Flows ◽  
Magnetic Fabric ◽  
Magnetic Mineralogy ◽  
Thin Sections ◽  
Andesitic Lava ◽  
Magnetic Fabrics ◽  
Standard Specimens

<p>The aim of this work is to apply the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) to determine the primary and tectonic fabrics of lava flows and volcanoclastic materials in one of the Pyrenean Stephano-Permian basins.</p><p>The Pyrenean Range is a double vergence orogen located at the northern end of the Iberian Peninsula. During Carboniferous-Early Permian times the extensional or transtensional regime dominant during the progressive dismantling of the Variscan belt resulted in the development of E-W elongated intra-mountainous basins. This process was coeval with an exceptional episode of magmatic activity, both intrusive and extrusive. The Cadí basin represents a good example of these structures were Stephano-Permian rocks are aligned along an E-W continuous outcrop and reach thickness of several hundreds of meters. The stratigraphy of the study area is characterized by fluviolacustrine sediments changing laterally to volcanoclastic and pyroclastic rocks with interbedded andesitic lava flows.  </p><p>A total of 75 sites (733 standard specimens) were studied and analysed throughout the volcanoclastic, volcanic and intrusive materials of the Stephano-Permian outcrops in the Cadí basin. Samples were drilled in the field along 5 sections with N-S or NW-SE direction in the Grey and Transition Unit. Afterwards, standard specimens were measured in a Kappabridge KLY-3 (AGICO) at the Zaragoza University to characterise the magnetic fabric. The susceptibility bridge combined with a CS-3 furnace (AGICO) was used for the temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility curves (from 20 to 700 °C) to recognize the magnetic mineralogy. In addition, textural and mineralogical recognition in thin-sections of the samples was carried out in order to recognize the relationship between magnetic and petrographic fabrics.</p><p>The results shows that the bulk magnetic susceptibility of the specimens ranges between 118 and 9060·10<sup>-6</sup> SI but most of the values are bracketed between 160 to 450·10<sup>-6</sup> SI. Taking into account magnetic parameters (Km, Pj and T) there is no correlation between magnetic fabrics and magnetic mineralogy and there is a dominance of triaxial and prolate ellipsoids. Thermomagnetic curves indicate the dominance of paramagnetic behaviour in all the samples and except in one case there is a ferromagnetic contribution due to the generalised presence of magnetite.</p><p>Magnetic ellipsoids can be divided into four main types depending on the orientation of the main axes and associated with the lithologic types: 1) K<sub>max</sub> vertical and K<sub>int </sub>and K<sub>min</sub> horizontal for small intrusive bodies (no restoring); 2) K<sub>max </sub>horizontal or subhorizontal and K<sub>int </sub>and K<sub>min </sub>included in a subvertical plane (before and after restitution) for volcanic breccias; 3) K<sub>min</sub> vertical (after restoring) and three directional maxima for lava flows and 4) non-defined fabric for the explosive materials (probably due to their complex depositional mechanisms). In general, a dominant E-W magnetic lineation is observed in many sites, resulting either from dominant flow direction, or to secondary processes. This is the case for some of the magnetic ellipsoids, that seems to be affected by deformation, K<sub>min</sub> is not normal to bedding and therefore, they do not become vertical after bedding restitution.</p>

scholarly journals Preferred Pore Orientation as a Complement to Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility: A Case Study of Lava Flows From Batur Volcano, Bali, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuresi Rantri Desi Wulan Ndari ◽  
Putu Billy Suryanata ◽  
Satria Bijaksana ◽  
Darharta Dahrin ◽  
Fadhli Ramadhana Atarita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Lava Flow ◽  
Magnetic Measurements ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Anisotropy Of Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Lava Flows ◽  
Micro Computed Tomography ◽  
Petrographic Analyses ◽  
Sample Position ◽  
Batur Volcano

Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) analyses have been used widely in many applications that include studying lava flows. In this paper, we introduce an auxiliary parameter, i.e., preferred pore orientation, on the use of AMS for lava flow studies on the basaltic lava samples from Batur Volcano in Bali Indonesia. We also examine the effect of sample position in lava flow outcrop to the relationship between preferred pore orientation and AMS. The samples are subjected to petrographic analyses as well as to magnetic measurements and micro-computed tomography (μCT) imaging. Preferred pore orientations were obtained by quantified the long-axis of the vesicles from the images. The correlation was evaluated by measuring the angle between the maximum susceptibility axes and the preferred pore orientations. All samples show that the maximum susceptibility axes are parallel with the flow direction. Three out of six samples of two lava flows from the same eruption show a positive correlation between AMS and preferred pore orientation, where both parameters point to the northeast direction. A difference of sample position in the outcrop of lava flow was observed as a possible factor that influenced the results for the preferred pore orientations. Samples which were taken from the summit of the lava flow have pore orientation parallel to the lava flow direction. While samples which were taken from the foot slope of the lava flow have pore orientation perpendicular to the lava flow direction. This study provides further evidence that pore orientation might be positively correlated with the AMS.

scholarly journals Mineralogical control on the magnetic anisotropy of lavas and ignimbrites: a case study in the Caviahue-Copahue field (Argentina)

2019 ◽  
Vol 220 (2) ◽  
pp. 821-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiago R Moncinhatto ◽  
Maurício B Haag ◽  
Gelvam A Hartmann ◽  
Jairo F Savian ◽  
Wilbor Poletti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Magnetic Anisotropy ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Volcanic Rocks ◽  
Anisotropy Of Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Lava Flows ◽  
Magnetic Fabric ◽  
Volcanic Complex ◽  
Magnetic Mineralogy ◽  
Southern Volcanic Zone

SUMMARY Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility is a petrofabric tool used to estimate the alignment of minerals at the site-scale, the imbrication between the magnetic foliation and the emplacement surface being an indicator of flow direction. However, despite numerous studies examining the flow direction in pyroclastic deposits and lava flows, the effect of magnetic mineralogy and the domain state of ferromagnetic phases on the magnetic fabric remains poorly understood. This paper describes the magnetic mineralogy and its influence on the magnetic fabric of Plio-Pleistocene lava flows and ignimbrites of the Caviahue-Copahue Volcanic Complex in the Andean Southern Volcanic Zone, Argentina. Rock magnetism, anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility and anhysteretic remanent magnetization and petrographic observations were performed on 30 sites of the volcanic complex. Results revealed the extrusive and pyroclastic rocks present varied magnetic mineralogy, formed in different stages of the magmatic evolution. Magnetic mineralogy variations strongly affect the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility data in volcanic rocks and associated ignimbrites, providing ‘scattered’ fabrics when late Ti-rich titanomagnetite phases dominate the fabric, and ‘inverse’ or ‘intermediate’ fabrics when single-domain grains are present. ‘Normal’ fabrics are typically found when early crystallized pure magnetite is present. Our results highlight the complexity in the interpretation of magnetic anisotropy data in volcanic rocks and ignimbrites.

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