Timing of magnetite formation in basaltic glass: Insights from synthetic analogs and relevance for geomagnetic paleointensity analyses

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Bowles, Julie A ^a   Gee, Jeffrey S ^b   Burgess, Katherine ^c   Cooper, Reid F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

magnetite; paleointensity; submarine basaltic glass

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ESTIMATION; GEOMAGNETISM; GLASS; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; OXYGEN; REMANENCE; SUBMARINES; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

A-THERMAL; BASALTIC GLASS; COOLING RATES; CRYSTALLINITIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAGNETITE FORMATION; ORDERING TEMPERATURE; OXYGEN FUGACITY; PALEOINTENSITY; PRIMARY PHASE; SUPERPARAMAGNETICS; SYNTHETIC ANALOGS; SYNTHETIC GLASS; TECHNICAL QUALITY;

MAGNETITE;

BASALT; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; VOLCANIC GLASS;

EID: 79951782103     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003404     Document Type: Article

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