Handbook for Shipboard Paleomagnetists

ABOUT THIS TECHNICAL NOTE

INTRODUCTION

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

Viscous Isothermal Remanent Magnetization Drilling Overprints

Drilling Deformation Overprints

Voids

Section Boundaries

Rust Contamination

Avoiding Drilling Overprints and Contamination

Existence of the Characteristic Remanence after Removal of Overprints

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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