Magnetotaxis and acquisition of detrital remanent magnetization by magnetotactic bacteria in natural sediment: First experimental results and theory

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 255-283

  Mao, Xuegang ^a   Egli, Ramon ^b   Petersen, Nikolai ^a   Hanzlik, Marianne ^c   Zhao, Xiangyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

magnetotactic bacteria; natural remanent magnetization; relative paleointensity; sedimentary magnetism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894029287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GC005034     Document Type: Article

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