Evans M.E., Heller F. Environmental Magnetism: Principles and Applications of Enviromagnetics

International Geophysics Series, 2003, Volume 86. Elsevier-Academic Press, New York, London, 2003. – 316 pp.
Environmental magnetism is a relatively new science. It essentially grew out of numerous interdisciplinary studies involving sediments in British lakes, but soon expanded to include sediments in other natural archives that also retain records of past global changes. Prominent among these are marine sediments, windblown deposits on land, and the thin layer of soil covering much of the continents. The materials residing in these various settings are of two main types: one transported in from elsewhere, the other created in situ. Material flux takes place in the hydrosphere, the atmosphere, and the cryosphere, the most important agents being rivers, ocean currents, ground water, wind, rain, snow, glaciers, ice sheets, and icebergs. We will be looking at examples of all of these.Foreword. Preface.Basic magnetism
Enviromagnetic minerals
Measurement and techniques
Processes and pathways
Time
Magnetoclimatology and past global change
Mass transport
Magnetism in the biosphere
Magnetic monitoring of pollution
Archeological and early hominid environments
Our planetary magnetic environment
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