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Thermal demagnetization of lunar breccia 15498,36 shows that the natural remanent magnetization is a simple thermoremanence carried by metallic iron. Using the classical Thellier-Thellier method the strength of the magnetizing field at the time of sample formation was found to be 2100 ±80 gammas.
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Paper dedicated to Professor Harold C. Urey on the occasion of his 80th birthday on 29 April 1973.
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Gose, W.A., Strangway, D.W. & Pearce, G.W. A determination of the intensity of the ancient lunar magnetic field. The Moon 7, 196–201 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00578816
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00578816