1 Introduction to the magnetism of rocks. - 1. 1 Rocks as magnetic information stores. - 1. 2 The recorded information. - 1. 3 Rock and mineral magnetism. - 1. 4 Magnetismsome preliminaries. - 2 Magnetic minerals in rocks. - 2. 1 The magnetic mineral systems. - 2. 2 The magnetic mineralogy of igneous rocks. - 2. 3 The magnetic mineralogy of sediments. - 2. 4 The magnetic mineralogy of extra-terrestrial materials. - 2. 5 Summary. - Selected bibliography. - 3 The atomic basis of magnetism. - 3. 1 The electron spin; the transition elements. - 3. 2 Exchange. - 3. 3 Curie temperatures of spinel oxides. - 3. 4 Magnetocrystalline anisotropy. - 3. 5 Induced anisotropy. - 3. 6 Categories of magnetic behaviour. - 3. 7 Summary. - Selected bibliography. - 4 The magnetization process. - 4. 1 The demagnetizing fieldshape anisotropy. - 4. 2 Domains and domain walls. - 4. 3 The magnetization process. - 4. 4 The time-dependence of magnetizationequilibrium and thermal agitation. - 4. 5 Summary. - Selected bibliography. - 5 Thermoremanent magnetization. - 5. 1 The mechanismdefinitions of blocking temperature. - 5. 2 TRM models. - 5. 3 Thermal demagnetizationpartial TRM. - 5. 4 Self-reversed TRM. - 5. 5 Summary. - Selected bibliography. - 6 Other remanence-inducing mechanisms. - 6. 1 Mechanisms in nature. - 6. 2 Mechanisms in the laboratory. - 6. 3 Summary. - Selected bibliography. - 7 Magnetic properties of titanomagnetites and titanomaghemites. - 7. 1 The titanomagnetites. - 7. 2 The titanomaghemites. - 7. 3 Multiphase products of the oxidation of titanomagnetite. - 7. 4 Summary. - 8 Magnetic properties of other mineral systems. - 8. 1 Haematite. - 8. 2 The haematite-ilmenite solid solution. - 8. 3 The pyrrhotites. - 8. 4 Goethite. - 8. 5 Iron. - 8. 6 Alteration products of non-magnetic minerals. - 8. 7 Summary. - 9 Applications of rock and mineral magnetism. - 9. 1Introduction. - 9. 2 Physical modelsthe acquisition and removal of weak field remanences. - 9. 3 Determination of the composition concentration and microstructure of the magnetic mineral fraction in a rock (or other material). - 9. 4 Connections in planetary physicsthe magnetization of planetary crusts. - 9. 5 Summary. Language: English