Magnetic Properties of Antiferromagnetic Iron Oxyhydroxides
Abstract
Weakly magnetic iron oxyhydroxides such as ferrihydrite, lepidocrocite or goethite are commonly found in diverse geological and environmental setting, including ground waters and streams, sediments, soils, or acid mine drainage. These minerals take part in multiple biological and abiological processes, and can evolve to more magnetic phases such as hematite, maghemite, or magnetite. Therefore, they represent key minerals with regard to paleoclimate, paleoenvironmental, and paleomagnetic studies. At this meeting, we will present low temperature magnetic properties acquired on fully characterized synthetic samples. The complex nature of the magnetism of these minerals is revealed by comparing magnetic data with other types of characterizations such as high-resolution transmission electron microscopy or synchrotron X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD), or by studying the early-stages of solid-state alteration (under oxidizing or reducing atmosphere). In particular, we will present recent results about the presence of ferri-magnetic nano-clusters in lepidocrocite, and about uncompensated magnetic moments in goethite nanoparticles.
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013AGUFMGP43B..03G
- Keywords:
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- 1540 GEOMAGNETISM AND PALEOMAGNETISM Rock and mineral magnetism