Magnetism of the Keweenawan age Chengwatana lava flows, northwest Wisconsin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1523-1526

  Kean, W F ^a   Williams, I ^b   Chan, L ^c   Feeney, J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources   (United States)

^e WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; HYSTERESIS; LAKES; MINERALS; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETISM; REMANENCE;

HYSTERESIS PROPERTIES; LAKE SUPERIOR; MAGNETIC MINERALOGY; MULTI DOMAINS; NORMAL SEQUENCES; NORTH AMERICAN CRATONS; SINGLE DOMAINS; THERMAL DEMAGNETIZATION;

MAGNETISM; BASALT;

ORIENTED CORES;

KEWEENAWAN; LAVA FLOW; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC;

USA, WISCONSIN, ST CROIX FALLS;

EID: 0031158699     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00993     Document Type: Article

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