Nanofabrication of two-dimensional arrays of magnetite particles for fundamental rock magnetic studies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Krása, David ^b   Wilkinson, Chris D W ^a   Gadegaard, Nikolaj ^a   Kong, Xiang ^a   Zhou, Haiping ^a   Roberts, Andrew P ^d   Muxworthy, Adrian R ^c   Williams, Wyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; GRAIN SIZE; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SURVEY; MAGNETITE; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; OXIDATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 66149163117     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006017     Document Type: Article

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