Micromagnetic modeling of first-order reversal curve (FORC) diagrams for single-domain and pseudo-single-domain magnetite

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 213, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 375-390

  Carvallo, Claire ^a   Muxworthy, Adrian R ^a,b   Dunlop, David J ^a   Williams, Wyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FORC diagram; Interactions; Magnetic hysteresis; Micromagnetic model; PSD magnetite

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN STRUCTURE; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETITE;

EID: 0041821500     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00320-0     Document Type: Article

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