Toward a new <250°C pyrrhotite-magnetite geothermometer for claystones

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 294, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 47-57

  Aubourg, Charles ^a,b   Pozzi, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Claystones; Geothermometer; Magnetism; Magnetite; Pyrrhotite

Indexed keywords

IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON ORES; ISOTHERMS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE;

CHEMICAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; CLAYSTONES; GEOTHERMOMETERS; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; ISOTHERMAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETIC TRANSITIONS; PYRRHOTITE; THERMAL DEMAGNETIZATION;

HEATING;

ANTICLINE; CLAYSTONE; DEMAGNETIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FOLD BELT; GEOTHERMOMETRY; HEATING; IRON SULFIDE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETITE; PYRRHOTITE; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

JURA [SWITZERLAND]; MONT TERRI; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77952290465     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.045     Document Type: Article

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