Magnetic mineral diagenesis

AP Roberts - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Reduction–oxidation (redox) reactions occur during burial because sediments contain
reactive mixtures of oxidised and reduced components. Diagenetic chemical reactions …

Environmental magnetism: Principles and applications

Q Liu, AP Roberts, JC Larrasoaña… - Reviews of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In environmental magnetism, rock and mineral magnetic techniques are used to investigate
the formation, transportation, deposition, and postdepositional alterations of magnetic …

Dissimilatory fe (iii) and mn (iv) reduction

DR Lovley - Microbiological reviews, 1991 - Am Soc Microbiol
The oxidation of organic matter coupled to the reduction of Fe (III) or Mn (IV) is one of the
most important biogeochemical reactions in aquatic sediments, soils, and groundwater. This …

Search for past life on Mars: possible relic biogenic activity in Martian meteorite ALH84001

DS McKay, EK Gibson Jr, KL Thomas-Keprta, H Vali… - Science, 1996 - science.org
Fresh fracture surfaces of the martian meteorite ALH84001 contain abundant polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). These fresh fracture surfaces also display carbonate …

Anaerobic production of magnetite by a dissimilatory iron-reducing microorganism

DR Lovley, JF Stolz, GL Nord Jr, EJP Phillips - Nature, 1987 - nature.com
The potential contribution of microbial metabolism to the magnetization of sediments has
only recently been recognized. In the presence of oxygen, magnetotactic bacteria can form …

Magnetotactic bacteria and magnetosomes

D Faivre, D Schuler - Chemical reviews, 2008 - ACS Publications
Iron biominerals are formed by a broad host of organisms, in which they serve various
functions. For example, iron oxides formed by organisms serve for strengthening of tissues1 …

Magnetic properties of some synthetic sub-micron magnetites

BA Maher - Geophysical Journal International, 1988 - academic.oup.com
The grain size dependence of various mineral (rock) magnetic parameters has been
determined, using a series of essentially pure, fine-grained (single-domain, SD) and …

Magnetic properties of modern soils and Quaternary loessic paleosols: paleoclimatic implications

BA Maher - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 1998 - Elsevier
The magnetic properties of paleosols developed in Quaternary sequences of loess have
been used for: stratigraphic definition; correlation with other terrestrial and deep-sea …

Rock magnetism of Late Neogene and Pleistocene deep‐sea sediments: Relationship to sediment source, diagenetic processes, and sediment lithology

J Bloemendal, JW King, FR Hall… - Journal of Geophysical …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
We use bivariate scatter plots to illustrate variations in selected rock magnetic properties
(low‐field susceptibility, anhysteretic and isothermal remanence) of late Neogene and …

Formation of ultrafine-grained magnetite in soils

BA Maher, RM Taylor - Nature, 1988 - nature.com
The magnetic properties of certain soils indicate the widespread presence of ultrafine-
grained magnetite, even where there is no detrital input of magnetite1–3. This suggests that …