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Multidomain hematite: A source of planetary magnetic anomalies?
- Source :
- Geophysical Research Letters. 28:3345-3348
- Publication Year :
- 2001
- Publisher :
- American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2001.
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Abstract
- Thermoremanent magnetization (TRM) in hematite is larger than TRM in magnetite for grain sizes ≥ 10 μm. We show that hematite's weak spontaneous magnetization M s causes its strong TRM, since the self-demagnetizing field H d opposing large domain wall displacements is proportional to M s . In hematite, H d is comparable to the Earth's magnetic field but in magnetite, H d is 1000 times larger. As a result, Earth's field TRM of MD hematite (0.3 Am 2 /kg) outweighs TRM and induced magnetization of MD magnetite ( 0.01-0.02 Am 2 /kg) and rivals TRM of single-domain and PSD magnetite as a source of magnetic anomalies on Earth and perhaps on Mars.
- Subjects :
- Magnetic domain
Thermoremanent magnetization
Condensed matter physics
Demagnetizing field
Mineralogy
Hematite
Magnetization
chemistry.chemical_compound
Geophysics
chemistry
visual_art
visual_art.visual_art_medium
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Magnetic anomaly
Spontaneous magnetization
Geology
Magnetite
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00948276
- Volume :
- 28
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........81e54f5eee310a04829ff5d765bfb241