Construction of a spinner magnetometer and paleomagnetic measurements on a Pliocenemiocene sedimentary section

dc.contributor.author	Lienert, Barry Ronald
dc.date.accessioned	2011-08-25T21:15:53Z
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-30T18:48:57Z
dc.date.available	2011-08-25T21:15:53Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-30T18:48:57Z
dc.date.copyright	1971
dc.date.issued	1971
dc.identifier.uri	https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/25909
dc.description.abstract	This thesis describes the instrumentation developed for measuring the low intensities of magnetisation found in sedimentary rocks. A spinner magnetometer has been constructed employing a coil-galvanometer amplifier detection system, and later, a fluxgate system. The instrument has been used to determine the magnetic polarities of samples taken throughout 1000 metres of Pliocene-Miocene sedimentary strata at Hinakura Road, Wairarapa. These polarities have been correlated with accepted magnetic stratigraphies to yield a date for the Miocene-Pliocene boundary in New Zealand of 4.8 M yrs.	en_NZ
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dc.publisher	Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington	en_NZ
dc.title	Construction of a spinner magnetometer and paleomagnetic measurements on a Pliocenemiocene sedimentary section	en_NZ
dc.type	Text	en_NZ
vuwschema.type.vuw	Awarded Research Masters Thesis	en_NZ
thesis.degree.discipline	Physics	en_NZ
thesis.degree.grantor	Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington	en_NZ
thesis.degree.level	Masters	en_NZ

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