Open AccessRock Magnetism: Fundamentals and Frontiers
Author(s) -
Geissman John W.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2002eo000275
Subject(s) - compass , magnetism , earth's magnetic field , subject (documents) , field (mathematics) , geology , range (aeronautics) , rock magnetism , engineering physics , astrobiology , earth science , magnetic field , geography , physics , magnetization , cartography , engineering , condensed matter physics , computer science , library science , aerospace engineering , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics , remanence
Since the first lodestone was used as a compass, the subject of rock magnetism has fascinated a broad range of scientists. In the late 1840s and early 1850s, A. Delesse and M. Melloni showed that Earth materials were capable of faithfully recording the ambient geomagnetic field, and in the early 1900s, P. David and B. Brunhes first recognized magnetizations anti‐parallel to the local field.