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Table 2. Summary of the magnetic properties of the soil samples.

From: Relevance of magnetic properties of soil in the magnetic observatories to geomagnetic observation

Sample

Magnetization (12°C) (10−3Am2/kg)

Temperature dependence (10−6Am 2/kg°C)

Low-field magnetic susceptibility (10−5SI)

Bulk density (103 kg/m3)

M1

1.378 ± 0.002

−3.057 ± 0.186

768

1.09

M2

1.455 ± 0.006

−13.965 ± 0.737

721

1.10

M3

0.747 ± 0.000

− 1.737 ± 0.041

569

1.13

M4

1.195 ± 0.003

−2.932 ± 0.374

661

1.25

M5

4.294 ± 0.098

−56.646 ± 11.940

  

K1

0.057 ± 0.000

−0.476 ± 0.015

39.9

1.48

K2

0.115 ± 0.000

−0.701 ± 0.023

73.4

1.63

K3

1.579 ± 0.002

−7.807 ± 0.296

848

1.14

K4

1.628 ± 0.001

−4.371 ± 0.084

665

1.11

Y1

0.639 ± 0.000

−0.570 ± 0.057

220

0.87

Y2

0.840 ± 0.000

−0.329 ± 0.059

216

1.01

Y3

0.621 ± 0.001

− 1.384 ± 0.099

482

0.91

Y4

0.885 ± 0.000

−0.900 ± 0.039

689

0.98