Magnetic study of meteorites recovered in the Atacama desert (Chile): Implications for meteorite paleomagnetism and the stability of hot desert surfaces

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 200-201, Issue , 2012, Pages 113-123

  Uehara, Minoru ^a   Gattacceca, Jérôme ^a   Rochette, Pierre ^a   Demory, François ^a   Valenzuela, Edith Millarca ^b,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c SERNAGEOMIN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Atacama desert; Meteorite paleomagnetism; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ATACAMA DESERT; ATACAMA DESERT , CHILE; CHEMICAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; DESERT SURFACES; KAMACITE; MAGHEMITES; MAGNETIC DATA; MAGNETIC IMAGING; MAGNETIC STUDIES; MICROSCOPIC SCALE; MINERAL SCALE; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; ORDINARY CHONDRITES; PALEOMAGNETIC DIRECTIONS; TIME-SCALES; TWO-TEMPERATURE; WEATHERING GRADES;

DEMAGNETIZATION; GEOMAGNETISM; IRON ORES; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIZATION; WEATHERING;

METEORITES;

CHONDRITE; MAGHEMITE; MAGNETITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; WEATHERING;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE;

EID: 84861335390     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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