Nonlinear thermoremanence acquisition and implications for paleointensity data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 81-89

  Selkin, Peter A ^a,b   Gee, Jeffrey S ^a   Tauxe, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b San Diego City College   (United States)

Author keywords

paleointensity; silicate hosted magnetite; Thellier experiment; thermoremanent magnetization

Indexed keywords

PALEOINTENSITY; THELLIER EXPERIMENT; THERMOREMANENCE; THERMOREMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETITE; REMANENCE; SILICATES;

GEOMAGNETISM;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETITE; NONLINEARITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; THERMOREMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 33847645940     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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