Title
Origin of hematite carrying a Late Paleozoic remagnetization in a quartz sandstone bed from the Silurian Rose Hill Formation, Virginia, USA
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1994
Abstract
Paleomagnetic and petrographic studies of a quartz sandstone bed from the Silurian Rose Hill Formation of the Central Appalachians show that hematite carrying a Late Paleozoic remagnetization is authigenic. Comparison of paleopole positions from the Rose Hill Formation with Late Paleozoic poles for North America suggests a synfolding remagnetization. The sandstone cement is characterized by pore-lining hematite, pore-filling berthierine and intergrowths of hematite, berthierine and quartz. These cements postdate pressure solution of detrital quartz grains. Late Paleozoic cementation is a consequence of diagenesis associated with Alleghanian deformation. Detrital FeMg silicate grains are believed to have been a local source of Fe for some authigenic hematite and berthierine, although mass balance calculations suggest that an external source is also required. Some berthierine aggregates are pseudomorphic after detrital Fe-bearing silicate grains. Trace amounts of detrital tourmaline are the only remnants of the detrital FeMg silicates. © 1994.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
First Page
235
Last Page
246
Recommended Citation
Lu, G., McCabe, C., Henry, D., & Schedl, A. (1994). Origin of hematite carrying a Late Paleozoic remagnetization in a quartz sandstone bed from the Silurian Rose Hill Formation, Virginia, USA. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 126 (4), 235-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(94)90109-0
