Automating the 2G superconducting rock magnetometer for single-solenoid alternating field demagnetization

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Morris, Eli R ^a   Schillinger, Walter ^a   Coe, Robert S ^a   Pluhar, Christopher J ^b   Jarboe, Nicholas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Instrumentation; Magnetometer; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749110996     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002289     Document Type: Article

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