The past two decades have witnessed a revolution in the earth sciences. The quantitative, instrument-based measurements and physical models of. geophysics, together with advances in technology, have radically transformed the way in which the Earth, and especially its crust, is described. The study of the magnetism of the rocks of the Earth's crust has played a major part in this transformation. Rocks, or more specifically their constituent magnetic minerals, can be regarded as a measuring instrument provided by nature, which can be employed in the service of the earth sciences. Thus magnetic minerals are a recording magnetometer; a goniometer or protractor, recording the directions of flows, fields and forces; a clock; a recording thermometer; a position recorder; astrain gauge; an instrument for geo logical surveying; a tracer in climatology and hydrology; a tool in petrology. No instrument is linear, or free from noise and systematic errors, and the performance of nature's instrument must be assessed and certified. This has been the task of the research worker in rock and mineral magnetism.

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University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

W. O’Reilly

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Book Title: Rock and Mineral Magnetism
Authors: W. O’Reilly
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8468-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-8470-0Published: 28 April 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-8468-7Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 220
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations
Topics: Magnetism, Magnetic Materials, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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