Low-temperature oxidation in MORB of titanomagnetite to titanomaghemite: A gradual process with implications for marine magnetic anomaly amplitudes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B4, 2001, Pages 6409-6421

  Zhou, Weiming ^a   Van Der Voo, Rob ^a   Peacor, Donald R ^a   Wang, Darning ^a   Zhang, Youxue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGHEMITE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OXIDATION; TITANOMAGNETITE;

EID: 0034962958     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900447     Document Type: Article

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