Magnetic susceptibility and remanent coercive force in grown magnetite crystals from 0.1 μm to 6 mm

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 239-256

  Heider, Franz ^a   Zitzelsberger, Anke ^a   Fabian, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; PALAEOCLIMATIC INDICATOR; REMANENT COERCIVE FORCE;

EID: 0029729448     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(95)03071-9     Document Type: Article

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