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Lunar paleointensity from three Apollo 15 crystalline rocks using an A.R.M. methodAn anhysteretic remanent magnetization method described by Banerjee and Mellema (1974) is used in the lunar paleointensity studies reported. The range of the difference in the paleointensity values obtained by the new method is not quite as great as the range of differences ordinarily found in values determined with the conventional method reported by Thellier and Thellier (1959). The results of the investigation show that the three Apollo 15 rocks studied acquired their natural remanent magnetization in a finite-sized magnetic field which was two or three orders of magnitude greater than the present ambient interplanetary field at the moon.
Document ID
19750026358
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Banerjee, S. K.
Mellema, J. P.
(Minnesota, University Minneapolis, Minn., United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1974
Publication Information
Publication: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Volume: 23
Issue: 2, Se
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
75A10430
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-24-005-248
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF GA-31299
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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