5 Magneto-Chemo Startigraphy
5 Magneto-Chemo Startigraphy
Magnetostratigraphy: divide
and correlate rock packages
using magnetic properties of
the rock.
(Stanley, 1989)
• reversal
Remnant Magnetism
(Long, 2005)
Magnetostratigraphy
Polarity Zone
Magnetostratigraphy
Correlation
Magnetostratigraphy
CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY
Chemostratigraphy
Isotope
Chemostratigraphy uses chemical fingerprints stored
in sediments and sedimentary rocks for stratigraphic
correlation.
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C enrichment of surface water is caused by carbon isotope
fractionation during organic matter production.
Most accurate oxygen and carbon isotope stratigraphies are
based on marine paired planktonic and benthic foraminifera
records.
Strontium Isotopes
• 87
Rb 87Sr
• Sr sources vary
Other chemostratigraphic tools