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Magnetic field and shock effects and remanent magnetization in a hypervelocity impact experimentThe impact of aluminum projectiles onto high-alumina terrestrial basalt blocks at 13-15 km/s in the presence of a variable magnetic field is studied. Plasma production but not field production was detected, and characteristics of the remanence and the shocked basalt are reported. Mineralogical data suggest that the magnetization acquired in the material near the craters is shock remanence. The experimental results might indicate that shock effects or possibly thermoremanence in ejecta fragments, may be responsible for part of the magnetization of the lunar surface.
Document ID
19790039449
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Srnka, L. J.
(Lunar and Planetary Institute Houston, Tex., United States)
Martelli, G.
(Lunar and Planetary Inst. Houston, TX, United States)
Newton, G.
(Sussex, University Brighton, United Kingdom)
Cisowski, S. M.
(Lunar and Planetary Inst. Houston, TX, United States)
Fuller, M. D.
(California, University Santa Barbara, Calif., United States)
Schaal, R. B.
(Lockheed Electronics Co., Inc. Houston, Tex., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1979
Publication Information
Publication: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Volume: 42
Issue: 1, Ja
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
79A23462
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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