Magnetic spherules in Arctic Ocean sediments

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Bornhold, B. D., Bonardi, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1979
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Canada Abyssal Plain
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e79-163; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e79-163

Five types of spherule were found in Quaternary sediments from the Canada Abyssal Plain. They include: type A spherules composed of magnetite and hematite surrounding metallic iron cores, exsolution blebs, or veinlets (Ni, Fe, Co); type B, of nearly pure homogeneous magnetite; type C, displaying int...