Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4458474 | Journal of Geochemical Exploration | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Paleomagnetic data and rock magnetic results suggest that a widespread orogenic remagnetization caused a pervasive chemical remanent magnetization (CRM) that resides in magnetite in the Mississippian Madison Group in the Sawtooth Range, Montana, during the Late Cretaceous to Early Tertiary. The CRM is similar to a CRM reported by workers from equivalent units in the southern Canadian Cordillera. The CRM is interpreted to be related to alteration by fluids, and there are two likely fluids: hydrocarbons which migrated into the unit and externally derived radiogenic fluids.
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Authors
V.J. O'Brien, R.D. Elmore, M.H. Engel, M.A. Evans,