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Table T3. Shipboard paleomagnetism laboratory equipment. (See table note.)

Equipment Status Quality assessment
2G Enterprises 760R Superconducting Rock Magnetometer Used and functional Magnetic moments for a 150 cm blank (air) after tray and background corrections is <1E–10 Am2. Magnetic field in sensor region is <8 nT*.
AGICO KappaBridge KLY-4S susceptibility meter Used and functional Used to measure bulk susceptibilities
DTECH D-2000 alternating field (AF) demagnetizer Not used Undetermined
Schonstedt TSD-1 thermal demagnetizer Used and functional Thermal demagnetization experiments were conducted on 13 discrete samples
ASC IM-10 impulse magnetizer (Serial 01971) Tested and functional Undetermined
Applied Physics portable fluxgate magnetometer (Model 520) Tested and functional Resolution <1 nT*
Molspin minispin magnetometers (two) Not used Undetermined

Note: * = from survey of the magnetic field inside the instrument and around the lab, completed during Expedition 320T.

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