Magnetic structure of greigite (Fe3S4) probed by neutron powder diffraction and polarized neutron diffraction

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Chang, Liao ^a   Rainford, Brian D ^a   Stewart, J Ross ^c   Ritter, Clemens ^c   Roberts, Andrew R ^a   Tang, Yan ^b   Chen, Qianwang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING; GREIGITE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIZATION; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRON PROBE; PHREATIC ZONE; POLARIZATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 70349656829     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006260     Document Type: Article

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