Rock magnetic properties as proxy indicators of characteristic periodicities in Holocene aeolian sediments (Arturo Dune, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina)

The objective of this contribution is to distinguish characteristic wind speed periodicities from a roughly 19 m-thick profile of Arturo Dune (Tierra del Fuego, Argentina), which contains eight interbedded paleosoils. The results include different magnetic properties and ratios measured in 29 aeolia...

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Published in:Journal of South American Earth Sciences
Main Authors: Orgeira, Maria Julia, Achaga, Romina Valeria, Cappellotto, Luiggina, Gogorza, Claudia Susana, Coronato, Andrea Maria Josefa, Ponce, Juan Federico, Velasco Herrera, V. M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/202707
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Summary:The objective of this contribution is to distinguish characteristic wind speed periodicities from a roughly 19 m-thick profile of Arturo Dune (Tierra del Fuego, Argentina), which contains eight interbedded paleosoils. The results include different magnetic properties and ratios measured in 29 aeolian sediment samples. These properties are coercive force (HC), saturation magnetization (MS), low-frequency (470 Hz) magnetic susceptibilities (kLF), anhysteretic remanent magnetization (ARM), among others. The statistical analysis of the variations in the magnetic properties of detrital minerals over time could indirectly indicate prevailing periodicities of the wind rate during the studied interval. The power spectral analysis was done using wavelets and multiple cross wavelets. The analysis by wavelets made it possible to distinguish periodicities in the variations of climatic parameters. A main periodicity of 2824 years was obtained in the different wavelet and multiple cross wavelet analyses of the magnetic parameters. By adding the δ18O series from the deep South Atlantic Ocean to the spectral power analysis, a periodicity of around 3000 years was also obtained. These periodicities could be related to a fundamental solar mode, with a periodicity of 2300 years (Hallstattzeit cycle). Still, they are not conclusive as solid empirical evidence to support sun-climate relationships on a series of millennial suborbital time scales. Fil: Orgeira, Maria Julia. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires; Argentina Fil: Achaga, Romina Valeria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Centro de Investigaciones en Física e ...