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FORCINN: First-order reversal curve inversion of magnetite using neural networks
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  • Zhaowen Pei,
  • Wyn Williams,
  • Lesleis Nagy,
  • Greig Paterson,
  • Roberto Moreno,
  • Adrian R Muxworthy,
  • Liao Chang
Zhaowen Pei
Peking University

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Wyn Williams
University of Edinburgh
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Lesleis Nagy
University of Liverpool
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Greig Paterson
University of Liverpool
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Roberto Moreno
Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
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Adrian R Muxworthy
Imperial College London
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Liao Chang
Peking University
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Abstract

First-order reversal curve (FORC) diagrams are a standard rock magnetic tool for analyzing bulk magnetic hysteresis behaviors, which are used to estimate the magnetic mineralogies and magnetic domain states of grains within natural materials. However, the interpretation of FORC distributions is challenging due to complex domain-state responses, which introduce well-documented uncertainties and subjectivity. Here, we propose a neural network algorithm (FORCINN) to invert the size and aspect ratio distribution from measured FORC data. We trained and tested the FORCINN model using a dataset of synthetic numerical FORCs for single magnetite grains with various grain-sizes (45-400 nm) and aspect ratios (oblate and prolate grains). In addition to successfully testing FORCINN against synthetic datasets, we also tested FORCINN against FORC data measured on natural samples with accurately determined grain-size and aspect ratio distributions. FORCINN was found to provide good estimates of the grain-size distributions for basalt samples and marine sediments.
01 Oct 2024Submitted to ESS Open Archive
03 Oct 2024Published in ESS Open Archive