Handbook for Shipboard Paleomagnetists

ABOUT THIS TECHNICAL NOTE

INTRODUCTION

REMANENT MAGNETIZATION

Principle

Superconducting Rock Magnetometer

Spinner Magnetometer

Portable Magnetometer and Probes

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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