Observed effects of mechanical grain-size reduction on the domain structure of pyrrhotite

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 457-467

  Halgedahl, Susan L ^a   Ye, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain size; Magnetic domains; Pyrrhotite; Reduction

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN STRUCTURE; GRAIN SIZE; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PYRRHOTITE;

EID: 0034732174     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00022-4     Document Type: Article

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