Diagenetic alteration of natural Fe-Ti oxides identified by energy dispersive spectroscopy and low-temperature magnetic remanence and hysteresis measurements

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 141-156

  Dillon, Melanie ^a   Franke, Christine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Early diagenesis; Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS); Low temperature magnetism; Magnetic Fe Ti oxides; Marine sediments; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COERCIVE FORCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; EXPLOSIVE ACTUATED DEVICES; EXTRACTION; FLOW OF WATER; HEMATITE; HYSTERESIS; HYSTERESIS LOOPS; ILMENITE; IRON ORES; MAGNETIC BUBBLES; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETISM; MAGNETITE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; OXIDES; REMANENCE; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SOLIDIFICATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TITANIUM OXIDES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COERCIVE FIELDS; COERCIVITIES; COERCIVITY; DIAGENETIC ALTERATIONS; DO-MAINS; EARLY DIAGENESIS; EDS ANALYSIS; GRAVITY CORES; HIGHLY SENSITIVES; HYSTERESIS MEASUREMENTS; INTENSITY RATIOS; LOW-TEMPERATURE MAGNETISM; MAGNETIC BEHAVIORS; MAGNETIC FE-TI OXIDES; MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS; MAGNETIC PHASES; MAGNETIC SIGNALS; MAGNETITE PHASE; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MINERAL PHASES; MINERAL- ASSEMBLAGES; NATURAL PARTICLES; OXIDE PHASES; PSEUDOBROOKITE; REMANENCE CURVES; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES; SENSITIVE PARAMETERS; STOICHIOMETRIC MAGNETITES; SUBOXIC ENVIRONMENTS; TEMPERATURE SATURATIONS; TITANOMAGNETITE;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

DIAGENESIS; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETITE; MARINE SEDIMENT; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBMARINE FAN;

GORGONACEA;

EID: 57749104908     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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