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Standard MagIC Data Format -- RMAG_Remanence 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 Remanence Delta Field Cooled remanence_dfc Number in Am2 Recommended Fractional remanence loss at Tv (80K,130K) after field cooling
15 Remanence Delta Zerofield Cooled remanence_dzfc Number in Am2 Recommended Fractional remanence loss at Tv (80K,130K) after zero-field cooling
16 Remanence Delta FC/ZFC Ratio remanence_delta_ratio Dimensionless Recommended Ratio (Delta FC/Delta ZFC)
17 Remanence Delta Temperature Low remanence_delta_temp_low Number in K Recommended Low Temperature of delta FC/ZFC calculation
18 Remanence Delta Temperature High remanence_delta_temp_high Number in K Recommended High Temperature of delta FC/ZFC calculation
19 Remanence Mr remanence_mr Number in Am2 Recommended Measured intensity of remanent moment
20 Remanence Bcr remanence_bcr Number in T Recommended Remanent coercivity by direct backfield measurement
Deleted 21 Remanence Temperature Low remanence_temp_low Number in K Recommended Critical, Xfd or Xhd temperature calculation: low range
Deleted 22 Remanence Temperature High remanence_temp_high Number in K Recommended Critical, Xfd or Xhd temperature calculation: high range
Deleted 23 Remanence Critical Temperature remanence_temp_critical Number in K Recommended Temperature at which some transition occurs
E Deleted 24 Remanence Critical Temperature Type remanence_temp_type Text Recommended Interpreted type of temperature transition Examples are: Verway, Morin, pyrrhotite, Neel, spin glass, Curie, Hopkinson, blocking, unblocking
E Deleted 25 Remanence Critical Mineral Type remanence_temp_mineral Text Recommended Interpreted mineral(s) causing the transition Examples are: Magnetite, hematite, maghemite
26 Remanence S Ratio remanence_sratio Dimensionless Recommended SIRM ratio S(X)
27 Remanence S Ratio Forward Field remanence_sratio_forward Number in T Recommended SIRM field used to calculate S Ratio
28 Remanence S Ratio Back Field remanence_sratio_back Number in T Recommended Backfield used to calculate S Ratio
29 Remanence HIRM remanence_hirm Number in Am2 Recommended Hard IRM factor HIRM = SIRM - IRM(300 mT)
30 Remanence ARMx remanence_armx Dimensionless Recommended Anhysteretic susceptibility Xarm = ARM / Hdc
31 Remanence Cross Over Point remanence_cross_over Number in T Recommended Field at which demagnetization moment equals acquisition moment
32 Remanence MDF remanence_mdf Number in T Recommended Median destructive field
33 Remanence MAF remanence_maf Number in T Recommended Median acquisition field
34 Remanence MDT remanence_mdt Number in K Recommended Median destructive temperature
35 Remanence Component Median Field remanence_cmf Number in T Recommended Median field of remanence component
36 Remanence Component Dispersion remanence_cd Dimensionless Recommended Dispersion (standard deviation) of remanence components
37 Remanence Component N remanence_comp_n Integer Recommended Number of remanence components used
38 Remanence Sa remanence_sa Number in Am2/log(s) Recommended
39 Remanence Sd remanence_sd Number in Am2/log(s) Recommended
40 Remanence Koenigsberger Ratio remanence_q Dimensionless Recommended Koenigsberger ratio
41 Remanence Description remanence_description Text Optional Detailed description
R 42 Criteria Codes rmag_criteria_codes Text Recommended Colon-delimited list of criteria codes Examples are: MY-MAD, MY-APLHA95
R 43 Method Codes magic_method_codes Text Required Colon-delimited list of method codes Examples are: DE-DC0, FT-F1, LP-DCDMAG
R 44 Instrument Codes magic_instrument_codes Text Required Colon-delimited list of instrument codes Examples are: SIO-Bubba, IRM-OldBlue
R 45 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 46 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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