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Magnetic studies on the remanence carriers in igneous rocks of different ages

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A critical study on the type of the magnetic grains, both in composition and domain state, in rocks of different ages has been carried out. One simple, fast and non-destructive test, which can provide useful information on the nature of the magnetic grains in freshly collected samples, seems to be the ratio of susceptibilities at 77 and 300 K. This ratio, termed relative susceptibility, ranges from 0·1, for samples containing 70% ulvospinel bearing titanomagnetite (TM70) to 1·50 for cation deficient magnetite bearing ones. The results indicate that the value of 0·1 for TM70 is not greatly affected even if some amount of TM80, which is nonmagnetic at 300 K, is present in a rock sample. However, the coercive force at 77 K will increase considerably for such a sample. The effects of mixed compositions and domain states of magnetic grains on the overall behaviour of basalts are discussed.

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  1. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 400 005, Bombay, India

    C Radhakrishnamurty & S D Likhite

  2. Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, A1B 3X7, St. John’ls, Canada

    G S Murthy

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Radhakrishnamurty, C., Likhite, S.D. & Murthy, G.S. Magnetic studies on the remanence carriers in igneous rocks of different ages. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet Sci.) 97, 81–85 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02861629

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