High temperature stability of natural maghemite: A magnetic and spectroscopic study

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1361-1371

  Gehring, A U ^a   Fischer, H ^a   Louvel, M ^a   Kunze, K ^a   Weidler, P G ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Environmental magnetism; Phase transitions; Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAGHEMITE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIZATION; MINERALOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLID SOLUTION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

AFRICA;

EID: 70450203552     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04348.x     Document Type: Article

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