Essentials of Paleomagnetism: Fourth Web Edition
Lisa Tauxe
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
La Jolla, CA 92093-0220
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
La Jolla, CA 92093-0220
Contents
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
17 References
Appendices
A Definitions, derivations and tricks
B Plots useful in paleomagnetism
C Paleomagnetic statistics and parameter estimation
D Anisotropy in paleomagnetism
