Novel magnetic techniques for rapidly detecting palaeomagnetically important single-domain iron particles and obtaining directional palaeomagnetic data from "unoriented" lunar rock samples

Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-23

  Potter, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; IRON; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOON; ROCKS;

DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION; INCLINATION ANGLES; INFORMATION CONCERNING; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC TECHNIQUES; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION;

MAGNETIC BUBBLES;

EID: 84861954171     PISSN: 00082821     EISSN: 17128005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/q11-004     Document Type: Article

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