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Kiss, J., Szarka, L. and Prácser, E. (2005). Second-order magnetic phase transition in the Earth. Geophysical Research Letters 32: doi: 10.1029/2005GL024199. issn: 0094-8276. |
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It is known that second-order magnetic phase transition, the transition between ferromagnetic (ferrimagnetic) and paramagnetic states of the material at the Curie temperature, is accompanied by a sharp (theoretically infinite) enhancement of the magnetic susceptibility. A second-order magnetic phase transition within the Earth (usually at mid-crustal depths, depending on geothermal conditions and on the type of magnetic material) is assumed to produce extremely high susceptibility zones of a thickness of a few hundreds of meters. Such strongly magnetized zones may be sources of well-known but not-yet explained geomagnetic anomalies, and at the same time, they may produce complicated electrical conductivity anomalies, as well. The second-order magnetic phase transition should be taken into account as one of the possible sources of geomagnetic and magnetotelluric anomalies. |
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Keywords
Exploration Geophysics, Magnetic and electrical methods, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism, Magnetic anomalies, modeling and interpretation, Physical Properties of Rocks, Magnetic and electrical properties |
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Publisher
American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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