Essentials of Paleomagnetism

Zusatztext "Lives up to its title and does so in a manner that authors of modern science textbooks should seek to emulate." Informationen zum Autor Lisa Tauxe is Professor of Geophysics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Klappentext "This book by Lisa Tauxe and others is a marvelous tool for education and research in Paleomagnetism. Many students in the U.S. and around the world will welcome this publication, which was previously only available via the Internet. Professor Tauxe has performed a service for teaching and research that is utterly unique."—Neil D. Opdyke, University of Florida Zusammenfassung A work on extracting and using rock and paleomagnetic data in archaeological, geological, and geophysical applications. It describes both the theory and the practice of paleomagnetism, covering topics such as the basics of magnetism, geomagnetic fields, how rocks become magnetized, and the various ways of analyzing the magnetism of rocks. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. THE PHYSICS OF MAGNETISM 2. THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD 3. INDUCED AND REMANENT MAGNETISM 4. MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY AND DOMAINS 5. MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS 6. MAGNETIC MINERALOGY 7. HOW ROCKS GET AND STAY MAGNETIZED 8. APPLIED ROCK (ENVIRONMENTAL) MAGNETISM 9. GETTING A PALEOMAGNETIC DIRECTION 10. PALEOINTENSITY 11. FISHER STATISTICS 12. BEYOND FISHER STATISTICS 13. PALEOMAGNETIC TENSORS 14. THE ANCIENT GEOMAGNETIC FIELD 15. THE GPTS AND MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY 16. TECTONIC APPLICATIONS OF PALEOMAGNETISM

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• Authors: Subir K. Banerjee, Robert F. Butler, Lisa Tauxe, Lisa Tauxe, Lisa Butler Tauxe, Tauxe Lisa, Rob Van Der Voo
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2010
• EAN: 9780520260313
• ISBN: 978-0-520-26031-3
• No. of pages: 512
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Electricity, magnetism, optics; SCIENCE / Physics / Electricity, SCIENCE / Physics / Magnetism, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Electromagnetism, Electricity, electromagnetism & magnetism, Earth Sciences, Electricity, electromagnetism and magnetism