Handbook for Shipboard Paleomagnetists

ABOUT THIS TECHNICAL NOTE

INTRODUCTION

Objectives of Paleomagnetic Measurements

Duties of the Shipboard Paleomagnetists

Overview of the Shipboard Laboratory

Coordinate Systems and Sampling Conventions

Shipboard Data Management Environment

Sample Identifiers and Depth Calculation

REMANENT MAGNETIZATION

MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY

ALTERNATING FIELD AND THERMAL DEMAGNETIZATION

LABORATORY-INDUCED MAGNETIZATION

CORE ORIENTATION

MEASUREMENT GUIDELINES AND STRATEGIES

PROBLEMS WITH MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS IN THE SHIPBOARD ENVIRONMENT

REFERENCES

APPENDIX A: MAGNETIC UNITS

APPENDIX B: FILE FORMATS

APPENDIX C: KAPPABRIDGE OPERATION PROCEDURES

APPENDIX D: CONVERTING VOLTAGE TO MAGNETIC FIELDS FOR THE IM-10 IMPULSE MAGNETIZER

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