Memory of the magnetic field applied during cooling in the low-temperature phase of magnetite: Grain size dependence

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Smirnov, Aleksey V ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; GRAIN SIZE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETITE; REMAGNETIZATION;

EID: 34547922852     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004573     Document Type: Article

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