Articles:
Post-depositional Remanent Magnetisation in Deep-sea Sediment
Dennis V. Kent
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- Title:
- Post-depositional Remanent Magnetisation in Deep-sea Sediment
- Author(s):
- Kent, Dennis V.
- Date:
- 1973
- Type:
- Articles
- Department:
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
- Volume:
- 246
- Permanent URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:12273
- Book/Journal Title:
- Nature
- Abstract:
- Sediments of various lithologies cored from most parts of the deep ocean floor have been found to contain a record of the past behaviour of the Earth's magnetic field, especially the sequence of reversals over at least the past 5 m.y. (ref. 1). The mechanism by which these sediments acquired their natural remanent magnetism (NRM) is, however, still poorly understood. We have recently conducted experiments that indicate that post-depositional remanent magnetisation (ref. 2) is a viable mechanism of magnetisation of deep-sea sediments.
- Subject(s):
- Sedimentary geology
- DOI:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/246032a0
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