Mineralogy and magnetism of Fe-Cr spinel series minerals from podiform chromitites and dunites from Tapadła (Sudetic ophiolite, SW Poland) and their relationship to palaeomagnetic results of the dunites

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 885-900

  Kadziałko Hofmokl, Magda ^a   Delura, K ^b   Bylina, P ^c   Jelenska M ^a   Kruczyk, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Magnetic mineralogy and petrology; Palaeomagnetism applied to geologic processes; Remagnetization; Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

CHROMITITE; DEVONIAN; DUNITE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MINERALOGY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PETROLOGY; REMAGNETIZATION; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINEL;

EID: 57049127128     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03933.x     Document Type: Article

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