Magnetic properties in an ash flow tuff with continuous grain size variation: A natural reference for magnetic particle granulometry

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Till, J L ^a   Jackson, M J ^a   Rosenbaum, J G ^b   Solheid, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

magnetic domains; superparamagnetism; volcanic glass

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; GLASS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYSTERESIS; IRON ORES; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NANOMAGNETICS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REMANENCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHY; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM; VOLCANOES; TITANIUM OXIDES;

ASH-FLOW TUFFS; CLOSE APPROXIMATION; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GRAIN SIZE VARIATION; GRANULOMETRIES; MAGNETIC BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATION; MAGNETIC GRAIN SIZE; MAGNETIC PARTICLE; MAGNETIC SIGNATURES; MAGNETIC STUDIES; MAGNETIC-DOMAIN STATE; NANO SCALE; NON-INTERACTING PARTICLES; PSEUDO SINGLE DOMAINS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE DOMAINS; STONER-WOHLFARTH; SUBMICRON GRAINS; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC GRAINS; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; VOLCANIC GLASS; BULK MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES; HYSTERESIS PROPERTIES;

MAGNETIC DOMAINS;

ASH FLOW; DATA ACQUISITION; GEOMAGNETISM; GRAIN SIZE; GRANULOMETRY; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; TUFF; VOLCANIC GLASS;

EID: 79960048056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003648     Document Type: Article

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