Direct demonstration of microwave demagnetization of a whole rock sample with minimal heating

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 357-362

  Suttie, Neil ^a   Shaw, John ^a   Hill, Mimi J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demagnetization; Microwaves; Perturbation

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF DEMAGNETIZATION; DEMAGNETIZING EFFECTS; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC COMPONENTS; MICROWAVE FIELD; MICROWAVE MAGNETIC FIELD; PALAEOINTENSITY; RESONANT CAVITY; ROCK SAMPLE; THERMAL METHODS;

DEMAGNETIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HEATING; MICROWAVES; RADIO WAVES;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

BASALT; DEMAGNETIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950523142     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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