Environmental magnetism : principles and applications of enviromagnetics /
Magnetism is important in environmental studies for several reasons, the two most fundamental being that most substances exhibit some form of magnetic behavior, and that iron is one of the most common elements in the Earth's crust. Once sequestered in a suitable material, magnetic particles con...
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Academic Press,
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Publisher Address: | Amsterdam : |
Publication Dates: | 2003. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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International geophysics series ;
v. 86 |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/00746142/86 |
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Magnetism is important in environmental studies for several reasons, the two most fundamental being that most substances exhibit some form of magnetic behavior, and that iron is one of the most common elements in the Earth's crust. Once sequestered in a suitable material, magnetic particles constitute a natural archive of conditions existing in former times. Magnetism provides a tracer of paleo-climatic and paleo-environmental conditions and processes. Environmental Magnetism details the occurrence and uses of magnetic materials in the natural environment. The first half of the volume describe. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xii, 299 pages, [4] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-288) and index. |
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9780080505787 0080505783 9780122438516 0122438515 |
Index Number: | QC820 |
CLC: | P318.6 |
Contents: | Front Cover; Environmental Magnetism: Principles and Applications of Enviromagnetics; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2. BASIC MAGNETISM; CHAPTER 3. ENVIROMAGNETIC MINERALS; CHAPTER 4. MEASUREMENT AND TECHNIQUES; CHAPTER 5. PROCESSES AND PATHWAYS; CHAPTER 6. TIME; CHAPTER 7. MAGNETOCLIMATOLOGY AND PAST GLOBAL CHANGE; CHAPTER 8. MASS TRANSPORT; CHAPTER 9. MAGNETISM IN THE BIOSPHERE; CHAPTER 10. MAGNETIC MONITORING OF POLLUTION; CHAPTER 11. ARCHEOLOGICAL AND EARLY HOMINID ENVIRONMENTS; CHAPTER 12. OUR PLANETARY MAGNETIC ENVIRONMENT; Appendix. |