Magnetic properties of marine magnetotactic bacteria in a seasonally stratified coastal pond (Salt Pond, MA, USA)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-92

  Moskowitz, Bruce M ^a   Bazylinski, Dennis A ^b   Egli, Ramon ^c   Frankel, Richard B ^d   Edwards, Katrina J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogenic magnetic minerals; Environmental magnetism; Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREIGITE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETITE; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; SALT POND; UNITED STATES;

PROTISTA;

EID: 45249114659     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03789.x     Document Type: Article

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