The lepidocrocite-maghemite-haematite reaction chain - I. Acquisition of chemical remanent magnetization by maghemite, its magnetic properties and thermal stability

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 815-832

  Gendler, T S ^a   Shcherbakov, V P ^b   Dekkers, M J ^c   Gapeev, A K ^b   Gribov, S K ^b   McClelland, E ^d  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b Geophysical Observatory Borok IFZ RAS   (Russian Federation)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical remanent magnetization; Lepidocrocite; Maghemite; Red beds; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

HEMATITE; LEPIDOCROCITE; MAGHEMITE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; THERMOREMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

ARRHENIUS;

EID: 15944412508     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02550.x     Document Type: Article

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