The Stardalur magnetic anomaly revisited-New insights into a complex cooling and alteration history

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 119-141

  Vahle, C ^a   Kontny, A ^a   Gunnlaugsson, H P ^b   Kristjansson, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Basalt alteration; Maghemite; Magnetic anomaly; Magnetite; NRM; Rock magnetism

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CORE ANALYSIS; CURIE TEMPERATURE; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; MINERALOGY; REMANENCE; SILICATES;

MAGHEMITE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; ROCK MAGNETISM;

GEOMAGNETISM;

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MAGHEMITE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 34548677727     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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