Quantifying the concentration of ferrimagnetic particles in sediments using rock magnetic methods

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Lascu, Ioan ^a   Banerjee, Subir K ^a   Berquó, Thelma S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

magnetic unmixing; magnetostatic interactions; Quantification; rock magnetism; sediments

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FERRIMAGNETISM; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETOSTATICS; REMANENCE; ROCKS; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

DIRECT CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FERRIMAGNETIC COMPONENT; MAGNETIC COMPONENTS; MAGNETIC GRAINS; MAGNETIC MATTER; MAGNETIC METHODS; MAGNETOSTATIC INTERACTIONS; MINNESOTA; OR FLUXES; QUANTIFICATION; QUANTIFICATION METHODS; REMANENCE RATIO; ROCK MAGNETISM; ROCK-MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC PARTICLES; ULTRAFINE; UNMIXING;

MAGNETIC BUBBLES;

DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GRAIN SIZE; MAGNETIC METHOD; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955547781     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003182     Document Type: Article

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