Searching for single domain magnetite in the "pseudo-single- domain" sedimentary haystack: Implications of biogenic magnetite preservation for sediment magnetism and relative paleointensity determinations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Roberts, Andrew P ^a,b   Chang, Liao ^a,c   Heslop, David ^b   Florindo, Fabio ^d   Larrasoaa, Juan C ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MINERAL; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GEOMAGNETISM; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETITE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 84865771273     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009412     Document Type: Article

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