Changes in mean magnetic susceptibility and its anisotropy of rock samples as a result of alternating field demagnetization

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 390-401

  Jordanova, Diana ^a   Jordanova, Neli ^a   Henry, Bernard ^b   Hus, Jozef ^c   Bascou, Jérôme ^d   Funaki, Minoru ^e   Dimov, Dimo ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

AF demagnetization; gneiss; intrusive rocks; loess; magnetic susceptibility; multidomain grains

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING FIELD DEMAGNETIZATION; GNEISS; INTRUSIVE ROCKS; LOESS;

ANISOTROPY; DEMAGNETIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETOSTATICS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

DEMAGNETIZATION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GNEISS; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; ROCK;

ANTARCTICA; ASIA; BELGIUM; BENELUX; BULGARIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; SIBERIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846651995     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.12.025     Document Type: Article

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