Hysteresis Parameters


--------+---------+--------------+-----------+----------+--------+---------+----------+---------+
 Sample |  Depth  | Paramagnetic | Msat A/m  |  Mrs A/m |  Hc mT |  Hcr mT | Mrs/Msat |  Hcr/Hc |
 Box no.| (meter) |   MS vol-SI  |           |          |        |         |          |         |
--------+---------+--------------+-----------+----------+--------+---------+----------+---------+
  500      5.31      5.11E-05     1.55E+01     5.66E+00    28.45     90.16     0.365    3.169
  524      5.66      1.10E-05     4.84E+00     1.81E+00    26.44     88.29     0.374    3.339
  506      6.01      1.30E-05     5.44E+00     2.02E+00    26.35     89.26     0.371    3.387
  518      6.41      1.72E-05     6.19E+00     2.33E+00    26.13     87.72     0.376    3.357
  526      6.77      9.82E-05     6.50E+00     2.63E+00    25.64     94.81     0.404    3.698
  537      7.41      5.97E-05     9.19E+00     3.31E+00    24.32     90.09     0.361    3.704
  547      7.92      5.58E-05     9.75E+00     3.34E+00    22.42     80.88     0.343    3.607
  812      8.49      1.81E-05     6.81E+00     2.46E+00    26.34     89.71     0.361    3.406
  805      9.21      1.30E-05     6.88E+00     2.37E+00    24.36     84.53     0.345    3.470
  829      9.71      3.23E-06     5.50E+00     1.74E+00    21.77     75.26     0.316    3.457
  834      9.86      1.66E-06     3.38E+00     1.18E+00    23.78     78.87     0.349    3.317
  840     10.04      2.55E-05     9.47E+00     3.38E+00    22.41     78.25     0.356    3.492
  825     10.21      3.49E-05     9.56E+00     3.50E+00    23.13     75.09     0.366    3.246
  837     10.46      5.22E-05     2.66E+01     5.97E+00    13.18     60.51     0.224    4.591
  843     10.61      8.76E-05     5.19E+01     1.02E+01     9.76     36.06     0.196    3.695
  846     10.76      1.57E-04     3.53E+02     6.69E+01    10.14     27.40     0.189    2.702
  849     10.84      8.05E-05     3.41E+01     8.47E+00    13.95     53.75     0.249    3.853
  861     11.13      9.23E-05     1.36E+02     2.39E+01     9.12     28.46     0.175    3.121
  852     11.31      6.83E-05     4.59E+01     9.69E+00    10.69     41.42     0.211    3.875
  858     11.48      1.31E-05     7.00E+00     2.06E+00    18.95     68.97     0.294    3.640
  860     11.53      2.42E-05     1.47E+01     3.50E+00    13.88     54.23     0.238    3.907
  863     11.59      7.34E-05     6.63E+01     1.18E+01    10.07     33.76     0.178    3.353
  869     11.74      1.01E-04     1.08E+02     2.07E+01    10.27     30.35     0.191    2.955
  877     11.94      9.03E-05     3.81E+01     9.69E+00    15.22     49.69     0.254    3.265
  881     12.03      5.07E-05     1.32E+01     3.91E+00    16.48     58.67     0.296    3.560
  887     12.19      1.12E-05     8.06E+00     2.31E+00    16.20     54.39     0.286    3.357
  868     12.35      1.15E-04     4.03E+01     8.59E+00    10.78     39.36     0.213    3.651
  878     12.61      3.62E-05     2.38E+01     5.22E+00    12.27     42.02     0.219    3.425
  882     12.73      2.12E-05     1.64E+01     3.63E+00    12.40     43.48     0.221    3.506
  884     12.78      6.01E-05     6.84E+01     1.26E+01    10.12     31.22     0.184    3.085
  888     12.89      9.62E-05     1.56E+02     2.75E+01    10.15     27.77     0.176    2.736
  903     13.32      1.94E-04     9.19E+01     1.97E+01    11.21     30.98     0.215    2.764
  896     13.87      7.81E-05     9.38E+01     1.78E+01    10.27     31.78     0.190    3.094
  898     13.92      6.05E-05     3.94E+01     9.09E+00    13.32     47.21     0.231    3.544
  900     13.98      9.15E-06     7.97E+00     2.09E+00    16.57     56.53     0.262    3.412
  904     14.07      9.50E-05     1.15E+02     2.03E+01    10.48     31.54     0.176    3.010
  910     14.23      1.14E-04     3.08E+02     5.59E+01    10.64     28.04     0.182    2.635
  912     14.33      3.77E-05     1.64E+01     4.81E+00    19.11     64.35     0.293    3.367
  917     14.52      8.07E-05     7.50E+01     1.49E+01    10.96     34.27     0.199    3.127
  921     14.61      9.74E-06     6.09E+00     2.00E+00    22.55     78.46     0.328    3.479
  966     17.51      7.70E-05     5.56E+01     1.17E+01    10.20     36.29     0.210    3.558
  957     17.77      4.01E-05     1.20E+01     3.97E+00    20.13     67.70     0.331    3.363
  970     18.26      5.74E-05     1.53E+02     2.43E+01     9.85     27.45     0.159    2.787
  972     18.37      4.91E-06     1.00E+01     2.11E+00    11.83     42.24     0.211    3.571
  975     18.59      4.71E-05     7.91E+01     1.38E+01    10.13     30.93     0.174    3.053
  981     18.75      7.38E-05     3.03E+02     4.97E+01    10.49     28.20     0.164    2.688
  988     18.95      3.35E-05     1.82E+02     3.25E+01    10.94     29.39     0.179    2.686
  982     19.22      1.35E-05     2.96E+01     7.28E+00    16.23     54.16     0.246    3.337


Sample Box No: A unique number assigned to paleomagnetic samples that are placed in plastic boxes.

Depth: Depth in hole as in Table 1.

Paramagnetic MS: Paramagnetic magnetic susceptibility determined from the slope of the hysteresis curve above an induction of 0.9 T.

Msat: Saturation magnetization determined after removal of paramagnetic component.

Mrs: Saturation remanent magnetization.

Hc: Coercivity determined after removal of paramagnetic component.

Hcr: Coercivity of remanence.


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