Precise evaluation of the duration of geomagneticexcursions has become a point of interest since theproposal of Gubbins (1999) that, during excursions,the geomagnetic field reverses polarity in the Earth’sliquid outer core but that this outer-core field doesnot persist for long enough in a reversed polaritystate for diffusion of the field into the solid innercore. Diffusion times of 3 ky for the inner core, therefore, provide a prediction for excursion duration. It is not trivial to determine excursion durationsof a few kiloyears in the geologic record. Only incases where astronomical tuning is possible to thelevel of orbital precession can we expect durationsof the order of thousands of years to be adequatelyresolved. Interpolation, assuming constant sedimentation rates, among tie points matching an oxygenisotope record to an (astronomically tuned) isotopetarget curve is unlikely to provide duration estimatesof sufficient precision. Radiometric (40Ar/39Ar orK/Ar) ages are also unlikely to have realistic uncertainties within a few kiloyears, limiting their utilityfor estimating the duration of excursions.Nonetheless, for the Laschamp excursion, Laj et al.(2000) presented a duration estimate of 1500 yearsbased on correlation of marine cores to the GISP2(Greenland) layer-counted ice-core record. Here,correlation among the NAPIS-75 cores was achievedthrough correlation of the susceptibility records(Kissel et al., 1999), and the oxygen isotope recordfrom one of the cores provided a correlation toGISP2 (Voelker et al., 1998). Approximately, thesame duration estimate was obtained from each ofthe five NAPIS-75 cores that record the excursion.As these cores are spread over a distance of about5000 km, it is unlikely that the duration estimate isaffected by local changes in the sediment depositionrate at the time of the excursion. Further evidence forthe duration of the Laschamp excursion is obtainedfrom the record of flux of 36Cl in the GRIP ice core.Wagner et al. (2000) showed that variations in 36Clflux (assumed to be entirely due to modulation by thegeomagnetic field) are similar (in inverse sense) tochanges in geomagnetic field intensity (e.g.,Figure 6). A duration estimate of 1500 years for the 36Cl anomaly, corresponding to the paleointensityminimum associated with the Laschamp excursion,supports the excursion duration determined frompaleomagnetic records. The 36Cl flux ice-core recordalso indicates that a second peak, associated with theMono Lake excursion, has approximately the sameduration, about 1500–2000 years (on the GRIP–GISP age model).
Precise evaluation of the duration of geomagnetic<br>excursions has become a point of interest since the<br>proposal of Gubbins (1999) that, during excursions,<br>the geomagnetic field reverses polarity in the Earth’s<br>liquid outer core but that this outer-core field does<br>not persist for long enough in a reversed polarity<br>state for diffusion of the field into the solid inner<br>core. Diffusion times of 3 ky for the inner core, therefore, provide a prediction for excursion duration. It is not trivial to determine excursion durations<br>of a few kiloyears in the geologic record. Only in<br>cases where astronomical tuning is possible to the<br>level of orbital precession can we expect durations<br>of the order of thousands of years to be adequately<br>resolved. Interpolation, assuming constant sedimentation rates, among tie points matching an oxygen<br>isotope record to an (astronomically tuned) isotope<br>target curve is unlikely to provide duration estimates<br>of sufficient precision. Radiometric (40Ar/39Ar or<br>K/Ar) ages are also unlikely to have realistic uncertainties within a few kiloyears, limiting their utility<br>for estimating the duration of excursions.<br>Nonetheless, for the Laschamp excursion, Laj et al.<br>(2000) presented a duration estimate of 1500 years<br>based on correlation of marine cores to the GISP2<br>(Greenland) layer-counted ice-core record. Here,<br>correlation among the NAPIS-75 cores was achieved<br>through correlation of the susceptibility records<br>(Kissel et al., 1999), and the oxygen isotope record<br>from one of the cores provided a correlation to<br>GISP2 (Voelker et al., 1998). Approximately, the<br>same duration estimate was obtained from each of<br>the five NAPIS-75 cores that record the excursion.<br>As these cores are spread over a distance of about<br>5000 km, it is unlikely that the duration estimate is<br>affected by local changes in the sediment deposition<br>rate at the time of the excursion. Further evidence for<br>the duration of the Laschamp excursion is obtained<br>from the record of flux of 36Cl in the GRIP ice core.<br>Wagner et al. (2000) showed that variations in 36Cl<br>通量(假定為完全是由於由所述調製<br>磁場)是相似的(在逆感測),以<br>在地磁場強度的變化(例如,<br>圖6)。1500年為36Cl的持續時間估計異常,對應於paleointensity <br>與Laschamp偏移相關的最小,<br>支持從所確定的持續時間偏移<br>古地記錄。該36Cl通量冰芯記錄<br>還表示第二個高峰期,與相關的<br>莫諾湖遊覽,具有大致相同的<br>時間,大約1500-2000年(在手柄- <br>GISP時代的模式)。
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