Nonlinear thermoremanence corrections for Thellier paleointensity experiments on single plagioclase crystals with exsolved magnetites: A case study for the Cretaceous Normal Superchron

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1327-1337

  Usui, Yoichi ^a   Nakamura, Norihiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cretaceous superchron; Exsolved magnetite; Granite; Magnetic anisotropy; Paleointensity; Paleomagnetism; Single crystal paleomagnetism; Thellier experiment

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GRANITE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLAGIOCLASE; THERMOREMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

JAPAN;

EID: 77749271451     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352985     Document Type: Article

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