| dc.contributor.advisor | Benjamin Weiss. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Bowens-Rubin, Rachel | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | u-at-we | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-27T14:19:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-27T14:19:45Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2011 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114374 | |
| dc.description | Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2011. | en_US |
| dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-60). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | A paleomagnetism study known as a conglomerate test was run on an Archean sandstone conglomerate rock to determine if the sample contained a remnant magnetization from the time of its formation. Twenty-nine clasts from a thin section of the sample were thermally demagnetized up to a temperature of 395°C. The heating revealed two components of magnetization which were unblocked at low and mid temperatures, revealing a magnetic mineralogy of Pyrrhotite.Eight matrix samples were heated to a temperature of 650°C which revealed two components of magnetization at mid and high temperatures, providing evidence for a magnetic mineralogy of Hematite.The direction of measured magnetic moment of the clasts were statistically similar, indicating that the rock failed the conglomerate test and was remagnetized after the rock formed. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Rachel Bowens-Rubin. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 60 pages | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. | en_US |
| dc.title | Paleomagnetism conglomerate test on Archean conglomerate rock from Jack Hills, Australia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.B. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 1028993111 | en_US |
