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Science 13 October 1972:
Vol. 178. no. 4057, pp. 154 - 156
DOI: 10.1126/science.178.4057.154
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The Remanent Magnetization of Lunar Soils

M. Fuller 1

1 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

The magnetic material in the lunar soils makes them potentially strong carriers of remanence and magnetically viscous. The soils therefore block remanence in the temperature range of the lunar diurnal cycle. This remanence is stable against alternating-field demagnetization. A mechanism whereby such hard natural remanent magnetization may be acquired by material buried in the regolith is proposed.

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