Differences between magnetic and mineral fabrics in low-grade, cleaved siliciclastic pelites: A case study from the Anglo-Brabant Deformation Belt (Belgium)

The results of this study show that, even when the LF-AMS data suggest that the LF-AMS of a given pelitic rock in which phyllosilicates form the main paramagnetic carriers, is controlled entirely by paramagnetic carriers, alternative methods, such as phyllosilicate X-ray pole figure goniometry, will not necessarily reflect the paramagnetic carrier orientation. Although a number of cases have successfully correlated LF-AMS with mineral fabric and occasionally even strain, this study serves as an example for how methods to define mineral and magnetic fabrics can be sensitive in detecting different paramagnetic phases.