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Standard MagIC Data Format -- RMAG_Hysteresis Table -- Version 2.0
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MagIC Data Model
F Status N Database Field Variable Name Units Required Description
R 1 Expedition Name er_expedition_name Text Required Name for expedition such as AVON02MV Examples are: AVON02MV
R 2 Location Name er_location_name Text Required Name for location or drill site Examples are: San Francisco Volcanic Province, Site 801
R 3 Formation Name er_formation_name Text Required Name for formation Examples are: Bluebird Formation
R 4 Member Name er_member_name Text Required Name for member Examples are: Glasshound Member
R Deleted 5 Section Name er_section_name Text Required Name for section or core Examples are: Berkeley Lava Flows, 810C, 1129D
R 6 Site Name er_site_name Text Required Name for site Examples are: Bas123a
R 7 Sample Name er_sample_name Text Required Name for sample Examples are: Bas123a-01
R 8 Specimen Name er_specimen_name Text Required Name for specimen Examples are: Bas123a-01x
R Reclassified 9 Fossil Name er_fossil_name Text Recommended Name for fossil Examples are: AMM43-03
R Reclassified 10 Mineral Name er_mineral_name Text Recommended Name for mineral Examples are: San03-001
R Reclassified 11 Synthetic Material Name er_synthetic_name Text Recommended Name for synthetic material Examples are: STD1546-A1
X 12 Experiment Name magic_experiment_name Text Optional Name for experiment Examples are: KOPA-299-1
M Deleted 13 Measurement File Name measurement_file_name Text Optional Name for MagIC format text file containing measurement data Examples are: Hart.et.al.2000.data.txt
14 Measurement Hysteresis Loop Number measurement_loop_x Integer Recommended Hysteresis loop counter
15 Measurement Hysteresis Loop Total measurement_loop_n Integer Recommended Total number of hysteresis loops in experiment
16 Hysteresis S* hysteresis_ss Dimensionless Recommended Curvature of major loop in upper left quadrant Examples are: Number between 0 and 1
17 Hysteresis Squareness hysteresis_sq Dimensionless Recommended Squareness of major loop Examples are: Number between 0 and 1
18 Hysteresis Mr hysteresis_mr Number in Am2 Recommended Measured intensity of remanent moment
19 Hysteresis Ms hysteresis_ms Number in Am2 Recommended Measured intensity of saturation magnetization
20 Hysteresis Bcr Wohlfarth hysteresis_bcr1 Number in T Recommended Coercivity of remanence: back field method
21 Hysteresis Bcr Jackson hysteresis_bcr2 Number in T Recommended Coercivity of remanence: Half delta M
Deleted 22 Hysteresis Bcr Tauxe hysteresis_bcr3 Number in T Recommended Coercivity of remanence: crossing of ascending / descending loops
23 Hysteresis Bc+ hysteresis_bc_plus Number in T Recommended Coercivity in positive fields
Deleted 24 Hysteresis Bc- hysteresis_bc_min Number in T Recommended Coercivity in negative fields
25 Hysteresis Xhf hysteresis_xhf Number in m3 Recommended High field slope
26 Hysteresis Description hysteresis_description Text Optional Detailed description
R 27 Criteria Codes rmag_criteria_codes Text Recommended Colon-delimited list of criteria codes Examples are: MY-MAD, MY-APLHA95
R 28 Method Codes magic_method_codes Text Required Colon-delimited list of method codes Examples are: DE-DC0, FT-F1, LP-DCDMAG
R 29 Instrument Codes magic_instrument_codes Text Required Colon-delimited list of instrument codes Examples are: SIO-Bubba, IRM-OldBlue
R 30 Analyst Names er_analyst_mail_names Text Required Colon-delimited list of names for analysts Examples are: Jim R.D. Hart, Alexis Heard, Bob McIntire
R 31 Citation Names er_citation_names Text Required Colon-delimited list of citations Examples are: Smith et al. 2003, Hart & Heard 1967, This study
Standard MagIC Data Format v2.0
Standard MagIC Data Format v2.1
Standard MagIC Data Format v2.2
Standard MagIC Data Format v2.3
Standard MagIC Data Format v2.4
Standard MagIC Data Format v2.5
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