Low-temperature alteration and magnetic changes of variably altered pillow basalts

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-35

  Wang, Daming ^a   Van der Voo, Rob ^a   Peacor, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hysteresis parameters; Maghemitization; NRM intensity; Oceanic basalts

Indexed keywords

BASALT; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIZATION; MINERALOGY;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33645972640     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02819.x     Document Type: Article

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