Essentials of Paleomagnetism
Seiten
2010
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-26031-3 (ISBN)
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-26031-3 (ISBN)
A work on extracting and using rock and paleomagnetic data in archaeological, geological, and geophysical applications. It describes both the theory and the practice of paleomagnetism, covering topics such as the basics of magnetism, geomagnetic fields, how rocks become magnetized, and the various ways of analyzing the magnetism of rocks.
More than 400 years ago William Gilbert said, 'The Earth itself is a great magnet'. Today, we know that it is also a great magnetic tape recorder. This work is a comprehensive, up-to-date textbook on extracting and using rock and paleomagnetic data in archaeological, geological, and geophysical applications. Designed for students and professionals with knowledge of college level physics and some background in earth sciences, it describes both the theory and the practice of paleomagnetism, covering topics such as the basics of magnetism, geomagnetic fields, how rocks become magnetized, and the various ways of analyzing the magnetism of rocks. The book uses the companion PmagPy software package. An appendix contains a brief introduction to Python, an easy-to-use, cross-platform, and most important, free programming environment in which PmagPy programs are written.
More than 400 years ago William Gilbert said, 'The Earth itself is a great magnet'. Today, we know that it is also a great magnetic tape recorder. This work is a comprehensive, up-to-date textbook on extracting and using rock and paleomagnetic data in archaeological, geological, and geophysical applications. Designed for students and professionals with knowledge of college level physics and some background in earth sciences, it describes both the theory and the practice of paleomagnetism, covering topics such as the basics of magnetism, geomagnetic fields, how rocks become magnetized, and the various ways of analyzing the magnetism of rocks. The book uses the companion PmagPy software package. An appendix contains a brief introduction to Python, an easy-to-use, cross-platform, and most important, free programming environment in which PmagPy programs are written.
Lisa Tauxe is Professor of Geophysics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
1. THE PHYSICS OF MAGNETISM 2. THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD 3. INDUCED AND REMANENT MAGNETISM 4. MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY AND DOMAINS 5. MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS 6. MAGNETIC MINERALOGY 7. HOW ROCKS GET AND STAY MAGNETIZED 8. APPLIED ROCK (ENVIRONMENTAL) MAGNETISM 9. GETTING A PALEOMAGNETIC DIRECTION 10. PALEOINTENSITY 11. FISHER STATISTICS 12. BEYOND FISHER STATISTICS 13. PALEOMAGNETIC TENSORS 14. THE ANCIENT GEOMAGNETIC FIELD 15. THE GPTS AND MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY 16. TECTONIC APPLICATIONS OF PALEOMAGNETISM
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.3.2010 |
|---|---|
| Co-Autor | Robert F. Butler, Rob Van der Voo, Subir K. Banerjee |
| Zusatzinfo | 267 color illustrations, 25 tables |
| Verlagsort | Berkerley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 1225 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Elektrodynamik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-520-26031-7 / 0520260317 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-26031-3 / 9780520260313 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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