Rock magnetic properties and ore microscopy of the iron ore deposit of Las Truchas, Michoacan, Mexico

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 277-299

  Alva Valdivia, L M ^a   Urrutia Fucugauchi, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OXIDATION; PETROLOGY; REMANENCE; ROCKS;

CURIE TEMPERATURE; KOENIGSBERGER RATIO;

IRON DEPOSITS;

IRON ORE; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; ORE MICROSCOPY;

LAS TRUCHAS; MEXICO; MICHOACAN STATE;

EID: 0032001486     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9851(97)00036-0     Document Type: Article

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