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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 45, Issue 13, Pages 6417-6427Publisher
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2018GL077498
Keywords
Martian magnetic anomaly; magnetite; relaxation time of remanent magnetization
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- Center for Advanced Marine Core Research (CMCR), Kochi University [10A017, 10B017, 11A016, 11B014, 12A027, 12B024]
- Global COE Program From the Earth to 'Earths' from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
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The strong magnetic anomalies observed over Mars originate from remanence of deep crust, which should be preserved during 4 billion years. We estimate the relaxation time of remanence carried by various types of magnetite, considering temperature and pressure dependences of magnetic parameters. The estimation shows that acicular-shaped single-domain magnetite is needed to retain the thick magnetized layer during 4 billion years in a low-Urey ratio scenario, whereas acicular-shaped single-domain, equidimensional single-domain, and pseudo-single-domain magnetites can be the source of anomalies in a high-Urey ratio scenario. In each case, fine-grained (<10m) and preferably high-aspect-ratio magnetite in deep crust is needed to explain the observed anomalies.
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