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Standard MagIC Data Format -- RMAG_Susceptibility 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 seagoing or land expedition 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 Susceptibility K susceptibility_k Number in SI Recommended Average magnetic susceptibility: volume normalized
15 Susceptibility X susceptibility_x Number in m3/kg Recommended Average magnetic susceptibility: mass normalized
16 Susceptibility Xfd susceptibility_xfd Dimensionless Recommended Frequency dependence
17 Susceptibility Frequency Low susceptibility_f_low Number in Hz Recommended Xfd calculation: low frequency
18 Susceptibility Frequency High susceptibility_f_high Number in Hz Recommended Xfd calculation: high frequency
19 Susceptibility Xhd susceptibility_xhd Dimensionless Recommended Amplitude dependence
20 Susceptibility Amplitude Low susceptibility_h_low Number in T Recommended Xhd calculation: low amplitude
21 Susceptibility Amplitude High susceptibility_h_high Number in T Recommended Xhd calculation: high amplitude
Deleted 22 Susceptibility Temperature Low susceptibility_temp_low Number in K Recommended Critical, Xfd or Xhd temperature calculation: low range
Deleted 23 Susceptibility Temperature High susceptibility_temp_high Number in K Recommended Critical, Xfd or Xhd temperature calculation: high range
Deleted 24 Susceptibility Critical Temperature susceptibility_temp_critical Number in K Recommended Temperature at which some transition occurs
E Deleted 25 Susceptibility Critical Temperature Type susceptibility_temp_type Text Recommended Interpreted type of temperature transition Examples are: Verway, Morin, pyrrhotite, Neel, spin glass, Curie, Hopkinson, blocking, unblocking
E Deleted 26 Susceptibility Critical Mineral Type susceptibility_temp_mineral Text Recommended Interpreted mineral(s) causing the transition Examples are: Magnetite, hematite, maghemite
27 Susceptibility X?? Over X? susceptibility_xx Dimensionless Recommended Loss tangent or X(quadrature) over X(inphase)
28 Susceptibility Description susceptibility_description Text Optional Detailed description
R 29 Criteria Codes rmag_criteria_codes Text Recommended Colon-delimited list of criteria codes Examples are: MY-MAD, MY-APLHA95
R 30 Method Codes magic_method_codes Text Required Colon-delimited list of method codes Examples are: DE-DC0, FT-F1, LP-DCDMAG
R 31 Instrument Codes magic_instrument_codes Text Required Colon-delimited list of instrument codes Examples are: SIO-Bubba, IRM-OldBlue
R 32 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 33 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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