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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

In situ magnetic identification of giant, needle-shaped magnetofossils in Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum sediments.

Courtney L Wagner, Ramon Egli, Ioan Lascu, Peter C Lippert, Kenneth J T Livi, Helen B Sears

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Courtney L WagnerDepartment of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112; courtney.wagner@utah.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-0422-0284
Ramon EgliDivision of Data, Methods and Models, Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics, 1190 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-6825-4742
Ioan LascuDepartment of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560.ORCID 0000-0002-0729-5687
Peter C LippertDepartment of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112.ORCID 0000-0003-1744-9982
Kenneth J T LiviMaterials Characterization and Processing Center, Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218.ORCID 0000-0001-7728-5460
Helen B SearsDepartment of Geology, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901.ORCID 0000-0002-0473-7515

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Abstract

Near-shore marine sediments deposited during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum at Wilson Lake, NJ, contain abundant conventional and giant magnetofossils. We find that giant, needle-shaped magnetofossils from Wilson Lake produce distinct magnetic signatures in low-noise, high-resolution first-order reversal curve (FORC) measurements. These magnetic measurements on bulk sediment samples identify the presence of giant, needle-shaped magnetofossils. Our results are supported by micromagnetic simulations of giant needle morphologies measured from transmission electron micrographs of magnetic extracts from Wilson Lake sediments. These simulations underscore the single-domain characteristics and the large magnetic coercivity associated with the extreme crystal elongation of giant needles. Giant magnetofossils have so far only been identified in sediments deposited during global hyperthermal events and therefore may serve as magnetic biomarkers of environmental disturbances. Our results show that FORC measurements are a nondestructive method for identifying giant magnetofossil assemblages in bulk sediments, which will help test their ecology and significance with respect to environmental change.

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Aquatic OrganismsFerrosoferric OxideFossilsGeologic SedimentsHumansMagnetic PhenomenaMagneticsMagnetosomesPhysical PhenomenaFerrosoferric Oxidebiogenic needlesfirst-order reversal curvesmagnetofossilsmagnetotactic bacteriamicromagnetic modeling

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