Title

Correlation of magnetitic susceptibility with 18O/16O data in late orogenic granites of the southern Appalachian Piedmont

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1981

Abstract

Initial magnetic susceptibility (generally indicative of magnetite content) has been determined for 445 samples from 17 granites located in the southern Appalachian Piedmont of Georgia and South Carolina. These values have been correlated with whole rock δ18O data from the same plutons, yielding a pronounced inverse relationship. It has previously been shown for the southern Piedmont that low oxygen isotopic (18O-enriched) values usually occur in S-type granites (Wenner [1], this issue). It follows, then, that I-type granites are characterized by high susceptibilities (χ > 1 × 10-4 G/Oe), and S-type granites by low susceptibilities (χ < 1 × 10-4 G/Oe). An interesting result of this work has been the observation that some S-type granites exhibit good within-site clusters of remanent magnetic directions while I-type granites generally do not. © 1981.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

First Page

200

Last Page

202

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