An evaluation of the influence of the experimental cooling rate along with other thermomagnetic effects to explain anomalously low palaeointensities obtained for historic lavas of Mt Etna (Italy)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1198-1215

  de Groot, Lennart V ^a   Mullender, Tom A T ^a   Dekkers, Mark J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Palaeointensity; Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; COOLING RATES; MAGNETIC BEHAVIOUR; METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS; NATURAL COOLING; PALAEOINTENSITY; ROCK AND MINERAL MAGNETISMS; THERMOMAGNETIC EFFECT;

EXPERIMENTS; MINERALS;

COOLING;

COOLING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; VISCOUS FLOW;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84877984684     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt065     Document Type: Article

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