Time dependent IRM acquisition as a tool to quantify the abundance of ultrafine superparamagnetic magnetite in loessic soils

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 483-489

  Machac, Tamara A ^a   Zanner, C William ^b   Geiss, Christoph E ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Laboratory measurements; Magnetic domains; Magnetite; Remanent magnetization

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; GRAIN BOUNDARY; GRAIN SIZE; LABORATORY METHOD; LOESS; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SOIL; SOIL PROFILE;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247246406     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03355.x     Document Type: Article

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