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25. A Quantitative Model of Magnetic Enhancement in Loessic Soils

Authors : María Julia Orgeira, Ramon Egli, Rosa Hilda Compagnucci

Published in: The Earth's Magnetic Interior

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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Abstract

We present a quantitative model for the climatic dependence of magnetic enhancement in loessic soils. The model is based on the widely accepted hypothesis that ultrafine magnetite precipitates during alternating wetting and drying cycles in the soil micropores. The rate at which this occurs depends on the frequency of drying/wetting cycles, and on the average moisture of the soil. Both parameters are estimated using a statistical model for the soil water balance that depends on frequency and intensity of rainfall events and on water loss by evapotranspiration. Monthly climatic tables are used to calculate the average soil moisture and the rate of pedogenic magnetite production, which is proportional to a new parameter called magnetite enhancement proxy (MEP). Our model is tested by comparing MEP calculated for known present-day climates with the magnetic enhancement of modern soils. The magnetic enhancement factor, defined as the ratio between a given magnetic enhancement parameter and MEP, is expected to be a site-independent constant. We show that magnetic enhancement differences between soils from the Chinese Loess Plateau and from Midwestern U.S. are explained by our model, which yields similar magnetic enhancement factors for the two regions. Our model is also successful in predicting the mean annual rainfall threshold above which magnetic enhancement declines in a given type of climate.

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Title: A Quantitative Model of Magnetic Enhancement in Loessic Soils
Authors: María Julia Orgeira
Ramon Egli
Rosa Hilda Compagnucci
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Book: The Earth's Magnetic Interior
Print ISBN: 978-94-007-0322-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-007-0323-0

Copyright Year: 2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0323-0_25