Rock magnetism of greigite bearing sediments from the Dead Sea, Israel

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 921-934

  Frank, Ute ^a   Nowaczyk, Norbert R ^a   Negendank, Jörg F W ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dead Sea; Greigite; Israel; Lacustrine sediments; Rock magnetism; Ti magnetite

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; GREIGITE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYSTERESIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; ROCK;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33847780835     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03273.x     Document Type: Article

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