Paleomagnetism of impact spherules from Lonar crater, India and a test for impact-generated fields

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 298, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 66-76

  Weiss, Benjamin P ^a   Pedersen, Shelsea ^a   Garrick Bethell, Ian ^a   Stewart, Sarah T ^b   Louzada, Karin L ^b   Maloof, Adam C ^c   Swanson Hysell, Nicholas L ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Impact craters; Impact generated fields; Lonar crater; Mars; Melt rocks; Moon; Paleointensity; Paleomagnetism; Spherules

Indexed keywords

IMPACT CRATERS; IMPACT-GENERATED FIELDS; LONAR CRATER; MARS; MELT ROCKS; PALEOINTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; SPHERULES;

ASTEROIDS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; GEOMAGNETISM; GLASS; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETIZATION; METEOR IMPACTS; MOON; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ASTEROID; CRATER; DEMAGNETIZATION; IMPACT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MARS; MOON; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; SPHERULE;

DECCAN; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA;

SPHERULES;

EID: 77957277134     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.07.028     Document Type: Article

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