Cautionary note on magnetic grain-size estimation using the ratio of ARM to magnetic susceptibility

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 751-754

  Yamazaki, Toshitsugu ^a   Ioka, Noboru ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b The General Environmental Technos Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM PROCESSORS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; SYNTHETIC METALS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIZATION; REMANENCE;

ANHYSTERETIC REMANENT MAGNETIZATIONS; ARTIFICIAL SEDIMENTS; BIOGENIC MAGNETITE; CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE; MAGNETIC GRAIN SIZE; MAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC MINERALS; REGIONAL VARIATION;

MAGNETISM; UNDERWATER SOILS;

ANHYSTERETIC REMANENT MAGNETIZATION (ARM); DEEP SEA SURFACE SEDIMENTS; MAGNETIC GRAIN SIZE;

ANHYSTERETIC REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0031127425     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00602     Document Type: Article

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