Shape-induced pseudo-single-domain remanence

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 717-726

  Fabian, Karl ^a   Hubert, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic domain; Remanent magnetization; Rock magnetism

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC MINERAL; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 0032741579     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00916.x     Document Type: Article

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