Validity of the LTD-DHT Shaw and Thellier palaeointensity methods: A case study of the Kilauea 1970 lava

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 243-257

  Oishi, Yusuke ^a,d   Tsunakawa, Hideo ^a   Mochizuki, Nobutatsu ^a   Yamamoto, Yuhji ^b   Wakabayashi, Ken Ichi ^a   Shibuya, Hidetoshi ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Day plot; High temperature oxidation; Kilauea lava; Palaeointensity; Shaw method; Thellier method

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; GEOMAGNETISM; HEATING; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; OXIDATION; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DOUBLE HEATING TECHNIQUE; GEOMAGNETIC PALAEOINTENSITY; HIGH-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION STATE; THELLIER PALAEOINTENSITY;

SHAW PROCESS;

LABORATORY METHOD; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KILAUEA; MAUNA LOA; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14944372419     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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