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Enviromental magnetism
Environmental
magnetism is concerned with the study of the transport, deposition,
formation and transformation of magnetic minerals due to environmental
processes. It can be applied to the characterisation of lithospheric,
hydrospheric and atmospheric processes, both past and present. It has
such broad perspectives because all matter undergoes magnetic
behaviour. In particular, iron and iron-containing minerals show very
strong magnetic properties and can be detected at low concentrations.
The magnetic properties vary with the composition, grain size and
concentration of the magnetic phases present in the system, making them
sensitive to varying environmental processes.
Some works in which the Paleomagnetism Group has participated:
C. Gómez-García, F.
Martín-Hernández, J.A.
López García, P. Martínez
Pagán, J.I. Manteca, C. Carmona (2015) Rock magnetic
characterization of the mine tailings in Portman Bay (Murcia, Spain)
and its contribution to the understanding of the bay infilling process.
Journal of Applied Geophysics, 120, 48-59. DOI:
10.1016/j.appgeo.2015.06.008
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