The behaviour and detection of partial thermoremanent magnetisation (PTRM) tails in Thellier palaeointensity experiments

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 717-725

  Biggin, Andrew J ^a,b   Perrin, Mireille ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Multidomain grains; Paleointensity; pTRM tails; Thermoremanent magnetisation

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; THERMOREMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 34547978843     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352735     Document Type: Article

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