Magnetic properties of anorthosites: A forgotten source for planetary magnetic anomalies?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Brown, Laurie L ^a   McEnroe, Suzanne A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Norwegian Geological Survey   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; MINERAL RESOURCES; PETROGRAPHY;

ANORTHOSITES; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION (NRM); PLAGIOCLASE; PLANETARY MAGNETIC ANOMALIES;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ANORTHOSITE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MARS; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MOON; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; ROGALAND; SCANDINAVIA;

SEIRA;

EID: 40849119926     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032522     Document Type: Article

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