Magnetic state of 10-40 Ma old ocean basalts and it implications for natural remanent magnetization

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 541-553

  Matzka, Jürgen ^a   Krása, David ^a   Kunzmann, Thomas ^a   Schult, Axel ^a   Petersen, Nikolai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Low temperature oxidation; Maghemitization; Ocean basalt; Rock magnetism; Titanomaghemite

Indexed keywords

BASALT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; OCEANIC CRUST; OXIDATION; TITANOMAGNETITE;

EID: 0037441812     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01094-4     Document Type: Article

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