Geomagnetic polarity reversal model of deep-tow profiles from the Pacific Jurassic Quiet Zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 5269-5286

  Sager, William W ^a   Weiss, Chester J ^a   Tivey, Maurice A ^b   Paul Johnson, H ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0000390550     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03404     Document Type: Article

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