Rock Magnetism

Preface; 1. Magnetism in nature; 2. Fundamentals of magnetism; 3. Terrestrial magnetic materials; 4. Magnetostatic fields and energies; 5. Elementary domain structure and hysteresis; 6. Domain observations; 7. Micromagnetic calculations; 8. Single-domain thermoremanent magnetization; 9. Multidomain thermoremanent magnetization; 10. Viscous and thermoviscous magnetization; 11. Isothermal magnetization and demagnetization; 12. Pseudo-single-domain remanence; 13. Crystallization remanent magnetization; 14. Magnetism of igneous rocks and baked materials; 15. Magnetism of sediments and sedimentary rocks; 16. Magnetism of metamorphic rocks; 17. Magnetism of extraterrestrial rocks; References.

'... I am not exaggerating when I say that Rock Magnetism: Fundamentals and Frontiers leaves the others in the dust ... simply put, the work will remain definitive for the coming decade, if not longer.' EOS '... fills an important gap in the literature by providing a dedicated text dealing with both theory and practice. The authors themselves have figured prominently in much of this research and are singularly well placed to compile this third book in the Cambridge Studies in Magnetism series ... an essential companion to research workers in the fields of palaeomagnetism, geomagnetism and archaeomagnetism.' J. D. A. Piper, Geology Magazine 'In Rock Magnetism: Fundamentals and Frontiers, David Dunlop and Ozden Ozdemir have successfully combined rigorous theoretical treatment of the fundamentals of rock magnetism with a necessarily more descriptive discussion of frontier areas in which all is not yet clear ... This is an excellent, comprehensive text written by prominent researchers in rock magnetism. It will surely be an invaluable source for all workers in the field for a long time. The book is not only well written, but well produced, with fine diagrams and layout.' Michael D. Fuller, Physics Today '... the result of their labours is an authoritative and extremely comprehensive book. they are to be commended in breaking with the tradition of recent books on rock magnetism, by dealing with many of the practical details of the applications of rock magnetism (for example by describing many well-chosen palaeomagnetic demagnetization studies), so making the final four chapters useful and accessible to a wider audience ... Dunlop and Ozdemir's 573-page encyclopaedic work can be thoroughly recommended to postgraduate students of magnetism and the professional research worker alike.' R. Thompson, University of Edinburgh, , Contemporary Physics '... the present book fills an important gap in the literature by providing a dedicated text dealing with both theory and practice.