Twinning control of magnetic properties of multidomain magnetite below the Verwey transition revealed by measurements on individual particles

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-106

  Kosterov, Andrei ^a,c   Fabian, Karl ^b,c  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic and electrical properties; Palaeointensity; Phase transitions; Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

COOLING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; PHASE TRANSITION; STOICHIOMETRY; TWINNING;

EID: 45449113639     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03811.x     Document Type: Article

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