Intensity of the geomagnetic field in western Europe over the past 2000 years: New data from ancient French pottery

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Genevey, Agnès ^a   Gallet, Yves ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Archeointensity; Archeomagnetism; Cooling rate dependence; Secular variation; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS; COOLING; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC MINERAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION;

(WEST); EUROPE;

EID: 0013094054     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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