Room- and low-temperature magnetic properties of 2-D magnetite particle arrays

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 167-180

  Krása, David ^a   Muxworthy, Adrian R ^b   Williams, Wyn ^c  

^a European Research Council   (Belgium)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeomagnetism; Environmental magnetism; Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

2D-ARRAYS; ANHYSTERETIC REMANENT MAGNETIZATIONS; ARCHAEOMAGNETISM; DOT SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETISM; FIRST-ORDER; GRAIN SIZE; HYSTERESIS CHARACTERISTICS; IN-PLANE; INTER-PARTICLE SPACING; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGNETIC BEHAVIOUR; MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS; MAGNETIC MINERALOGY; MAGNETIC RESPONSE; MAGNETITE PARTICLES; MAGNETOSTATIC INTERACTIONS; MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES; NANOSCALE PATTERNING; OUT-OF-PLANE; PSEUDO SINGLE DOMAINS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE DOMAINS; SPATIAL CONFIGURATION; THERMOREMANENCE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEMAGNETIZATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETITE; MAGNETOSTATICS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; REMANENCE; SILICATE MINERALS;

NANOMAGNETICS;

GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 79952689620     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04956.x     Document Type: Article

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