Post-Depositional Fluid Flow in Jurassic Sandstones of the Uncompahgre Uplift: Insights From Magnetic Fabrics

The anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) in sedimentary rocks results from depositional, diagenetic, syn- and post-sedimentary processes that affect magnetic grains. Some studies have also shown the potential role played by post-depositional fluid flow in detrital and carbonate formations. Here we present a new case study of Middle-Upper Jurassic sandstones where secondary iron oxides, precipitated from fluids that migrated through pores, give rise to the AMS. These sandstones are well exposed in the Uncompahgre Uplift region of the Central Colorado Trough, Colorado. The magnetic foliation of these undeformed, subhorizontal strata consistently strike NE-SW over a large distance with an average 45° dip to the SE. This steep AMS fabric is oblique with respect to the regional subhorizontal bedding and therefore does not reflect the primary sedimentary fabric. Also, outcrop-scale and microscopic observations show a lack of post-depositional plastic (undulose extinction) or pressure-solution (stylolites) deformation microstructures in these sandstones, hence precluding a tectonic origin. The combination of magnetic hysteresis, isothermal remanent magnetization, and thermal demagnetization of the natural remanent magnetization indicate that these rocks carry a chemical remanent magnetization born primarily by hematite and goethite. High-field magnetic hysteresis and electron microscopy indicate that detrital magnetite and authigenic hematite are the main contributors to the AMS. These results show that post-depositional iron remobilization through these porous sandstones took place due to the action of percolating fluids which may have started as early as Late Cretaceous along with the Uncompahgre Uplift. The AMS fabric of porous sandstones does not systematically represent depositional or deformation processes, and caution is urged in the interpretation of magnetic fabrics in these types of reservoir rock. Conversely, understanding these fabrics may advance our knowledge of fluid flow in porous sandstones and may have applications in hydrocarbon exploration.

The anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) in sedimentary rocks results from depositional, diagenetic, syn-and post-sedimentary processes that affect magnetic grains. Some studies have also shown the potential role played by post-depositional fluid flow in detrital and carbonate formations. Here we present a new case study of Middle-Upper Jurassic sandstones where secondary iron oxides, precipitated from fluids that migrated through pores, give rise to the AMS. These sandstones are well exposed in the Uncompahgre Uplift region of the Central Colorado Trough, Colorado. The magnetic foliation of these undeformed, subhorizontal strata consistently strike NE-SW over a large distance with an average 45°dip to the SE. This steep AMS fabric is oblique with respect to the regional subhorizontal bedding and therefore does not reflect the primary sedimentary fabric. Also, outcrop-scale and microscopic observations show a lack of post-depositional plastic (undulose extinction) or pressure-solution (stylolites) deformation microstructures in these sandstones, hence precluding a tectonic origin. The combination of magnetic hysteresis, isothermal remanent magnetization, and thermal demagnetization of the natural remanent magnetization indicate that these rocks carry a chemical remanent magnetization born primarily by hematite and goethite. High-field magnetic hysteresis and electron microscopy indicate that detrital magnetite and authigenic hematite are the main contributors to the AMS. These results show that post-depositional iron remobilization through these porous sandstones took place due to the action of percolating fluids which may have started as early as Late Cretaceous along with the Uncompahgre Uplift. The AMS fabric of porous sandstones does not systematically represent depositional or deformation processes, and caution is urged in the interpretation of magnetic fabrics in these types of reservoir rock. Conversely, understanding these fabrics may advance our knowledge of fluid flow in porous sandstones and may have applications in hydrocarbon exploration.

INTRODUCTION
Fluid-flow through permeable sandstones is a key process in multiple economically important geological processes such as, hydrocarbon migration (e.g., Oliver, 1986;Hunt, 1990;Ungerer et al., 1990), diagenetic alteration through fluid-rock interaction (Chan et al., 2000;Beitler et al., 2005;Potter and Chan, 2011;Potter-McIntyre et al., 2014), groundwater contamination of aquifers (e.g., Massei et al., 2002), or fluid-driven precipitation of ore minerals (e.g., Wilkinson, 2001). Common approaches to characterize regional fluid flow through rocks include fluid geochemistry (Musgrove and Banner, 1993) and hydrodynamic flow models (Wing and Ferry, 2007). For example, Musgrove and Banner (1993) used elemental and stable isotopic signatures in groundwater samples from a Cambro-Ordovician and Mississippian aquifer that were collected from different wells to evaluate the origin and mixing of meteoric and saline fluids in the United States Midcontinent. This approach relies on direct sampling of fluids for geochemical analysis and modeling whereas the hydrodynamic model approach requires multiple topographic relationships to be maintained for an accurate prediction of fluidflow directions. These approaches, although generally successful, have limited application in ancient geologic systems particularly when fluid-flow is no longer active or when the original paleotopography has been modified either through erosion, alteration or tectonic activity.
In this study, we investigate the magnetic mineralogy, the origin and significance of the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS), the NRM, and their implications regarding regional-scale fluid migration. The Jurassic sandstones of this study originate from two sites, located 12 km apart, along the southwest margin of the Central Colorado Trough, on the Eastern flank of the Uncompahgre Uplift: Escalante Canyon-EC and Dominguez Canyon, also known as Bridgeport-BP (Figures 1, 2). The study area in the western Colorado Plateau consists primarily of Mesozoic sedimentary rocks underlain by deeply faulted Proterozoic crystalline basement blocks (Figure 1; e.g., Marshak et al., 2000). The Cenozoic and some Late Mesozoic sedimentary formations in this region have been eroded through successive uplifts (Figures 1, 2;Pederson et al., 2002).
The maroon, red, pink and in some cases, tan to grayish colors of the Middle-Late Jurassic sandstones of the Entrada Sandstone, Wanakah Formation, and Tidwell Member of the Morrison Formation in the Paradox Basin and adjacent areas are classic examples of secondary coloration acquired through fluid flow in permeable rocks (Parry et al., 2004;Beitler et al., 2005). The extent to which a primary and depositional fabric is preserved in these rocks, as opposed to a pervasive chemical overprint, constitutes the focus of this study. The magnetic mineralogy itself, along with the magnetic grain morphology, provide useful information on the syn-or post-depositional origin of the AMS. While radiometrically dating the development of the AMS is generally difficult, the paleomagnetic data acquired in our investigations could shed light on the type of AMS in these sandstones. The hypothesis we test using paleomagnetic data, combined with a well-established regional Jurassic-Cretaceous magnetostratigraphy, is that the AMS was acquired during or shortly after deposition, and therefore reflects primarily the sediment transport direction. The alternative hypothesis is that the AMS records a late stage precipitation event related to the downcutting of the Colorado and Gunnison Rivers (Hunt, 1969;Cook et al., 2009).

TECTONIC SETTING
The study area is situated on the northeastern margin along the Northeast flank of the Uncompahgre Plateau, west of the Central Colorado Trough (Figure 2). To the Southwest of the study area, the Paradox Basin formation began with crustal loading and downward lithospheric flexure during the contractional Pennsylvanian-Permian orogeny that formed the Ancestral Rocky Mountains (Figure 2; Kluth and Coney, 1981;Barbeau, 2003). Basin subsidence continued from the Triassic through Cretaceous. The Paradox Basin and other adjacent basins consist of Paleozoic through Cenozoic strata that unconformably overlie Proterozoic basement rocks that include granitic, high-grade metamorphic gneiss and schist (Tweto and Schoenfeld, 1979; Figure 2). Cretaceous rocks exposed on the Colorado Plateau have mostly been eroded away due to subsequent uplift and downcutting of major fluvial drainages (Figure 1). The Paradox Basin shows a prominent fold-and-fault belt defined by NW-SE striking faults, anticlines, and synclines ( Figure 2). Some of these structures are related to salt walls and grabens caused by diapirism of the Paradox Formation (Nuccio and Condon, 1996).
The tectonic layer-parallel shortening (LPS) axis in the Paradox Basin is oriented NE-SW, parallel to the maximum principal stress (Figure 2). Kluth and Coney (1981) interpreted the orientation of this axis and the Ancestral Rocky Mountains as part of a complex intraplate response in the western United States due to the Ouachita-Marathon orogeny, a collision of the North American craton with South America and Africa during the Pennsylvanian. These authors also suggested that the suturing at the southern margin of the North American craton combined with northward directed thrusting from the Marathon region led to a progressive migration of stresses onto the continental interior. Other studies have suggested that 1) the origin of the Paradox Basin structures might be related to compressive stresses from either the Ancestral Rockies or Laramide orogenic events (Marshak et al., 2000) or 2) these structures predates these events but were reactivated along pre-existing faults in the basement (Davis, 1978;Baars and Stevenson, 1981).
The Uncompahgre Uplift was originally interpreted as a Pennsylvanian structure associated with the formation of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains (e.g., Kluth and Coney, 1981). However, recent thermochronological constraints document a FIGURE 3 | Generalized stratigraphy of the Middle to early Late Jurassic in the study areas. Diamond symbols denote sampling horizons. Abbreviation of lithologies in the figure is Mud (CI, clayey; S, silty), Sand (VF, very fine-grained; F, fine-grained; and M, medium-grained).
Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org December 2020 | Volume 8 | Article 601415 far more recent uplift history beginning in the Late Cretaceous (Laramide orogeny) and continuing with deep incision up to the Miocene-Pliocene (Rønnevik et al., 2017).

Sampling and Petrography
From oldest to youngest, we collected hand samples (with an average dimension of 15 × 12 × 8 cm) from the Entrada Sandstone, the Wanakah Formation, and the Tidwell Member of the Morrison Formation ( Figure 3). Hand samples were georeferenced using hand-held Global Positioning System units (GPS). The geographic orientation of the samples was determined using a magnetic compass, after correction of the magnetic declination (11°E). Hand samples were extracted using a rock hammer to obtain fresh surfaces and to avoid supergene alteration overprints.

Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility Measurements
We cut several serial 2 cm-thick slabs from the hand samples to produce 2 cm sample cubes. The 2 cm AMS cubes were cut, sideby-side, from these slabs to yield about 15 cubic specimen per one hand sample. These oriented cubes were measured using the AGICO KLY-4S Kappabridge susceptibility meter at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Measurements were performed at room temperature with an applied magnetic field of 300 A/m and frequency of 875 Hz. The AMS measurements were processed using the AGICO SUFAR program while the acquired data were plotted using the AGICO Anisoft 4.2 program. Directional data obtained from the projection of the three principal magnetic susceptibility axes on equal-area lower hemisphere stereonets, including their 95% confidence ellipses, were calculated using the Jelinek statistics (Jelínek, 1978;Supplementary Material). The AMS is defined by a symmetric, second-rank tensor consisting of six independent elements represented by an ellipsoid with three mutually perpendicular axes. The three axes represent the three principal magnetic susceptibilities namely: K 1 (maximum), K 2 (intermediate), and K 3 (minimum). The AMS parameters used in this study include the mean magnetic susceptibility K m of the concentration of magnetic minerals present in the hand sample; the degree of magnetic anisotropy P' where a 1 ln K 1 K m , a 2 ln K 2 K m , and a 3 ln K 3 K m , which describes the strength of the magnetic fabric, and in general is a proxy for the type of magnetic fabric in the rocks; and the shape factor T 2((ln K 2 − ln K 3 )/(ln K 1 − ln K 3 )) − 1, which represents the shape of the ellipsoid of the magnetic fabric (oblate or prolate), with T ranging from −1 to +1, prolate (with T ≤ 0) and oblate (with T ≥ 0).

Magnetic Hysteresis and Isothermal Remanent Magnetization Measurements
We performed both magnetic hysteresis experiments and Isothermal Remanent Magnetization (IRM) experiments at room temperature, on rock fragments to identify the nature of the AMS carriers. Magnetic hysteresis was measured on 11 specimens using the MicroMag 3900-04 vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM; Princeton Measurements Corporation) at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. IRM experiments were performed on two representative specimens with contrasting colors (one specimen from each locality). A field strength of up to 1.5 T was applied to saturate the specimens magnetically. For comparison, the induced magnetization in both specimens was normalized after correcting for high-field slope, in this case, 70% of the maximum applied field.

Paleomagnetic Measurements
Due to the assumed presence of hematite in the hand samples, we chose thermal demagnetization of the NRM to constrain the different magnetic phases present in each specimen. Thermal demagnetization of the NRM was performed at the CIMaN-ALP laboratory of paleomagnetism (Peveragno, Italy) using a Superconducting Rock Magnetometer 2G Enterprise 755 hosted in a shielded room. Forty-eight representative AMS cubes (16 per formation) were selected for thermal demagnetization of the NRM. The specimens were subjected to a stepwise thermal demagnetization in 15 steps from room temperature to 600°C, with additional four steps up to 700°C for specimens showing higher unblocking temperatures.

Petrographic Analysis
Previous work reports on the petrographic characteristics of the Entrada Sandstone, Wanakah Formation and Tidwell Member of the Morrison Formation (Ejembi et al., in review). Based on Folk (1980) sandstone classification, the Entrada Sandstone consists dominantly of sublitharenites, while the Wanakah Formation and Tidwell Member range from feldspathic litharenite to litharenite. The Entrada Sandstone in the two localities is predominantly pinkish to reddish brown, crossbedded, and is composed of fine to very fine-grained, subrounded to rounded framework grains. The Wanakah Formation consists of distinct, thin beds (<0.15 m) of finegrained sandstone with interbedded mudrocks that have a characteristic red and green color. The Tidwell Member consists of a regionally extensive, dark gray to tan, marker sandstone bed with overlying beds that are tabular, coarse-grained, and are interbedded with mudrocks. These sandstone beds vary in thicknesses (0.7-1.5 m), with a maximum measured thickness of ∼1.5 m at Escalante Canyon. The quartz and feldspar grains in these units are strikingly free of any transgranular or intergranular deformation fractures and inherited or cognate plastic deformation microstructures such as undulose extinction. Both optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy reveal very pristine detrital grains assembled in undeformed, fabric-less assemblages. Cross-bedding structures, when present, result from grain size variation. Figure 5, for example, shows representative SEM-BSE images of polished thin sections along with corresponding maps of major elements from the sandstone specimens using x-ray energy-dispersive systems (EDS) analysis. The maps of iron distribution in the matrix reveal no specific coating along grain margins. The EDS chemical analyses help identify quartz, alkali feldspar, calcium carbonates, and iron oxides/hydroxides. However, magnetite and titanomagnetite detrital grains were observed in some of the specimen (based on the Fe, O and Ti elemental maps, e.g., EC-2Jmt and EC-3Jw ( Figure 5). This lack of ferromagnetic grains is not unusual in terrestrial sandstones where these minerals are quickly degraded and precipitated as early hematite grain coatings (e.g., Chan et al., 2007).

Magnetic Hysteresis Properties and Isothermal Remanent Magnetization Behavior
The hysteresis behaviors show negligible contributions of diamagnetic minerals, minor contributions of paramagnetic minerals, and the dominance of ferromagnetic phases (Table 1 and Figure 6). The magnetic hysteresis parameters, saturation magnetization (M s ), saturation remanent magnetization (M r ), and magnetic coercivity (H c ) are calculated after correction of the high field slope, which arises primarily from the sum of diamagnetic (quartz and carbonates) and paramagnetic (clay and other detrital grains) and antiferromagnetic contributions. The coercivity of remanence (H cr ) was determined through back- Two types of IRM acquisition behavior for specimens with contrasting lithofacies (i.e., color, texture, and porosity) are shown in Figure 7. The IRM plots show distinct approaches to magnetic saturation up to 1.5 T. These differences correlate with the color of the specimen: red sandstones are more magnetically coercitive than tan sandstones.

Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility
The AMS scalar parameters (K m , T, and P') are plotted in binary diagrams in Figure 8 and provided in Table 2. The specimens display consistent magnetic properties. P' shows a negative correlation with K m , both at the scale of the specimen and across specimens. K m ranges from ∼8.14 to 31.0 × 10 −6 SI ( Figures 8A). There is no correlation between the rock color and AMS parameters. P' ranges from 1.02 to 1.27, clearly outside the range of values attributed to paramagnetic only assemblages, but most specimens have P' < 1.05 ( Figures  8B). T varies substantially within each specimen but overall shows mainly oblate symmetry ( Figures 8C). Although the degree of anisotropy in the specimens is strongly influenced by the weak magnetic susceptibility, it does not provide a reliable estimate of the strain at magnetic susceptibilities close to zero. The stereonets of the three principal magnetic susceptibility axes (K 1 , K 2 , and K 3 ) obtained from the sandstone specimens from the two study sites are shown in Figure 9. The 95% confidence ellipses around averages per specimen are derived from the Jelinek statistics (Jelínek, 1978). The AMS directional parameters are rather consistent at the hand sample scale and between specimens. The specimens display a strong and consistent-but varying degree of steepness of the-magnetic foliation (planar fabric) defined by the K 1 -K 2 plane (Figure 9), which dips to the SE. The double arrow shows the dip angle of the magnetic foliation. The magnetic lineation (K 1 ) is moderately well-defined and show discrete clusters. The AMS planar fabric of these rocks is clearly oblique with respect to the sub-horizontal bedding plane observed on the outcrop where each hand sample was collected from.

Thermal Demagnetization of the NRM
Stepwise thermal demagnetization of the NRM is shown for six out of forty-eight representative specimens in Figure 10. The NRM intensities range from 3.69 × 10 −5 to 9.91 × 10 −3 A/m, with an average of 1.86 × 10 −3 A/m. Characteristic remanent magnetizations (ChRMs) were successfully isolated in 39 (over 48) specimens, both with normal (16 specimens) and reversed polarities (23 specimens). In most cases, the experiments show a stable single-component behavior, with a relatively straight ChRM toward the origin. Few specimens show evidence of a second directional components, isolated at lower temperatures (e.g., BP-1Jmt), including some with normal and reverse components. The ChRMs are scattered, and do not pass the reversal test (McFadden and McElhinny, 1990). The weakly magnetized specimens (which were independent of the formation or lithology) that lack stable demagnetization behaviors could not be interpreted. In most specimens from the Tidwell Member and the Wanakah Formation, the main demagnetization occurs below 150°C while the remainder is generally removed below 300°C (e.g., Figures 10A-D). Most specimens from the Entrada Sandstone also display demagnetization below 150°C, but some retain part of their magnetization up to 500°C-680°C (e.g., Figures 10F). The stable demagnetization directions vary substantially in inclination ( Figure 10) with an average ∼55°for the <150°C stable component, while the variations in magnetic declination are also high.

Origin and Development of Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility Fabrics in Sedimentary Rocks
Previous studies have shown that the origin of magnetic fabrics in sedimentary rocks is controlled by sedimentary vs. tectonic processes (e.g., Tarling and Hrouda, 1993;Li et al., 2014). The sedimentary origin of AMS lies in the depositional process by which particles settling in a slurry acquire a shape preferred orientation parallel to the depositional plane, which is close to horizontal in most cases. The compaction of sediments generally strengthens the planar component of the syn-depositional fabric because it results from the application of a vertical stress (gravity).
When bedding is horizontal, there is either no lineation of the maximum susceptibility, or a very weak lineation. Regardless of the magnetic carriers, the resulting AMS tends to be strongly planar and weakly linear, i.e., oblate fabrics (e.g., Schieber and Ellwood, 1993;Tarling and Hrouda, 1993;Saint-Bezar et al., 2002;Aubourg et al., 2004;Aubourg et al., 2010;Parés et al., 2007;Robion et al., 2007;Dall'Olio et al., 2013). Sedimentary magnetic fabrics in sedimentary rocks are characterized by a tight clustering of the K 3 axis along the bedding pole, with the K 1 and K 2 axes dispersed within the bedding plane ( Figures 11A). In rare cases, eolian sedimentary rocks may acquire a linear fabric parallel to the wind direction (e.g., Lagroix and Banerjee, 2002). For materials deposited under a strong current, a linear fabric parallel to the current may be imparted, although such fabrics are typically reported in shales and rarely in sandstones (e.g., Ellwood and Howard, 1981;Schieber and Ellwood, 1993;Tarling and Hrouda, 1993), and the amplitude of the imbrication angle of deposited sediments is very small compared to the strongly oblique magnetic fabric observed in our specimens ( Figures 11B).
Tectonic overprints of a sedimentary fabric can be detected with AMS even for anisotropies as low as 1% (1.01), e.g., Burmeister et al. (2009). In clay-bearing rocks, such overprints result in a reorientation of platy minerals perpendicular to the instantaneous shortening axis (i.e., the LPS) due to tectonic strain. In sandstones, tectonic overprints are typically identified through specific microstructures including transgranular or intra-granular fractures, recrystallization rims, lobate grain boundaries and outcropscale structures such as stylolites or deformation bands (e.g., Saint-Bezar et al., 2002). In the case of the Uncompahgre Uplift rocks investigated in this study, detailed petrographic observations indicate a lack of plastic deformation, beyond rare detrital quartz grain that exhibits pre-existing undulose extinction. The tectonic uplift that occurred in this region resulted in broad-scale tilting of beds, in places up to 10°. But at our sampling localities, the bedding is close to horizontal (<3 dip). Based on lack of deformation at the scale of the outcrop, the specimen and that of the thin-section, a tectonic origin for the observed AMS fabric can be ruled out. Further, the generally steep attitude (i.e., dip) of the magnetic foliation (∼50°), if it were of tectonic origin, would require an attitude of the shortening axis inconsistent with regional tectonics.
The AMS fabrics of all the specimens are systematically strongly oblique (28-71 dip) with respect to the subhorizontal bedding. Considering this pronounced paradoxical obliquity and the remarkably consistent dip direction to the South East between hand samples from the same site and across the two sampling sites, a sedimentary origin for the AMS can be ruled out.
To better understand the origin of these magnetic fabrics we need to consider the magnetic minerals present in these rocks. At the outcrop scale, the Entrada Sandstone hand samples commonly show a red color ( Figures 4C) indicative of the presence of relatively fine hematite. Most specimen also contain relatively large, multi-domain (up to 200 µm) magnetite grains that we interpret as detrital grains based on their rounded and smooth morphology as well as their location in between quartz clasts ( Figure 5). The hysteresis behavior of most specimens shows a strong contribution from a high magnetic coercivity phase that cannot be magnetite because this mineral typically saturates at the field of 0.2 T or less (e.g., Dunlop and Özdemir, 1997). Hematite and goethite are, in a diagenetic environment, by far the most likely phases responsible for this behavior. The IRM acquisition curves (Figure 7) confirm the presence of at least one high coercivity phase. Finally, the thermal demagnetization behavior of these rocks shows that in most cases, goethite dominates the NRM, except in the Entrada Formation where hematite contributes more. In general, the magnetic phase carrying the NRM can be-but is not necessarily the same as-the phase carrying the AMS. In summary, most specimens contain a mixture of detrital magnetite (Fe 3 O 4 ), and its typical alteration products; hematite (Fe 2 O 3 ) and goethite FeO(OH). While the absolute percentage of magnetite may be relatively small, this phase contributes substantially to AMS due to its high intrinsic magnetic susceptibility. While the respective contributions of these three minerals to the AMS of our specimens remain quantitatively unconstrained, their intrinsic magnetic anisotropy may shed light on the origin of the AMS. Magnetite primarily has a magnetostatic anisotropy (i.e., shape anisotropy) that tends to dominate magnetic fabrics because it has a high magnetic susceptibility (Dunlop and Özdemir, 1997). Hematite, in low fields, has mainly a magnetocrystalline anisotropy that mimics its planar hexagonal shape (Rochette et al., 1992). Goethite grains are elongated along their crystallographic c-axis, which is also the K 3 axis and gives goethite an inverse AMS fabric (e.g., Rochette et al., 1992).
In these studies, hot fluids precipitate iron oxides and hydroxides in pore spaces of a porous rock and the resulting AMS effectively reflects pore space shape anisotropy.
The first hypothesis cannot explain oblique AMS fabrics because mixtures of normal and inverse AMS fabrics systematically result in perpendicular AMS fabrics (Ferré, 2002). It also seems unlikely because the thermal demagnetization behaviors and magnetic properties of the specimens indicate that the proportion of magnetite, hematite, and goethite varies between hand samples ( Figure 10 and Tables 1, 2).
The second hypothesis is consistent with most observations including the variations in magnetic mineralogy across formation depending on the availability of iron in the environment and possible variations in rock permeability. The fundamental mechanism driving fluids through these formations could be the tectonic uplift of the Uncompahgre mountains which would have caused a regionally consistent hydraulic head to the West of the sampling localities ( Figures 11B). Although rock fractures are visible at outcrop scale (Figure 4), we did not identify any linkage to presence of systematic fracture or pore networks at the microscopic scale ( Figure 5) and assessing the potential role of fracture networks in contributing to the regional fluid flow through these formation is beyond the scope of this work. Today, the paleomagnetic data showing a reverse period of magnetization at least in the Entrada Formation (e.g., EC-1Jes) supports a Cretaceous precipitation event associated with the Uncompahgre Uplift, although this process is highly unlikely because iron is a very mobile element and subsequent erosion created by the uplift and Quaternary downcutting of the Gunnison River almost certainly created a late-stage fluid flow event to the west.
Magnetic fabrics have previously been used both to characterize fluid flow through porous rocks (e.g., Sizaret et al., 2003;Just et al., 2004;Essalhi et al., 2011) and to quantify pore anisotropy (e.g., Pfleiderer and Halls, 1990;Pfleiderer and Halls, 1993;Benson et al., 2003). Crystallographic analyses of magnetite grains and whether its preferred grain orientation align with pore spaces in the bulk rock (if it exists) are outside the scope of this work. Here in this study of the Uncompahgre Uplift, contrarily to many similar studies of sedimentary rocks using magnetic fabrics, we show that the AMS does not inform on depositional processes, compaction or paleocurrents. Instead, the AMS reflects a regionally consistent post-depositional, tectonicallydriven fluid flow owing to cycling via redox reactions of a highly mobile element (Fe) over geologic history in porous and permeable media.

CONCLUSION
The magnetic mineralogy of the Jurassic rocks on the Eastern flank of the Uncompahgre Uplift rocks attests to a primary, detrital magnetite subsequently altered into hematite and goethite. Further dedicated paleomagnetic studies might provide insights into the timing of the uplift and the origin of the oblique foliation symmetry, which we infer might be unrelated to the competition between different phases of ferromagnetic minerals carrying the AMS. This study shows that the AMS fabrics of the Middle-Late Jurassic sandstones of the Uncompahgre Uplift are not primary sedimentary magnetic fabrics. Instead, these fabrics are secondary in origin and most likely developed through unidirectional percolation of Fe-rich fluids that migrated due to the hydraulic head caused by the uplift. Future AMS studies on sedimentary rocks will have to consider that regional hydraulic systems may ultimately affect results and that caution should be exerted in the interpretation of magnetic fabrics.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article/Supplementary Material, further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author.

AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
JE did the fieldwork, collected and prepared the samples, performed the AMS, magnetic hysteresis, and IRM experiments, and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. EF advised, provided the lab equipment, directed the research, and edited the successive versions of the manuscript. EF, SS, and JE designed and arranged samples for the thermal demagnetization of the NRM experiment. SS performed the thermal demagnetization of the NRM experiment, took the measurements, and analyzed the data. EF, JE, and SF designed and arranged thin-section samples for SEM. SF performed the SEM experiment, analyzed, and collected the EDS data. JE and EF jointly analyzed all the data. All authors read, edited, and contributed to the final draft of the manuscript.