Are hydrodynamic shape effects important when modelling the formation of depositional remanent magnetization?

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1029-1035

  Heslop, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depositional remanent magnetization; Flocculation; Torque

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEPOSITION; FLOCCULATION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EID: 36349024766     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03588.x     Document Type: Article

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