Low-temperature demagnetization of saturation remanence in magnetite-bearing dolerites of high coercivity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 401-411

  Hodych, Joseph P ^a   Mackay, Robert I ^a,b   English, Gerald M ^a,c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Oberdorfer Industries   (United States)

^c C CORE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demagnetization; Magnetic domain; Magnetite; Palaeomagnetism; Rock magnetism

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; DOLERITE; MAGNETITE; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 0031833768     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1998.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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