Absence of natural viscous remanent magnetization in multidomain high-titanium magnetites: Evidence for domain-wall interactions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 104-116

  McClelland, Elizabeth ^a   Bardot, Leon ^a   Erwin, Patrick ^a   Charnley, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domain wall interactions; Multidomain remanence; Natural breccias; Ruapehu volcano; Titanomagnetite; Viscous remanent magnetization

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETITE; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; VOLCANIC ROCK;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0038299381     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01953.x     Document Type: Article

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