Apparent and true polar wander and the geometry of the geomagnetic field over the last 200 Myr

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Besse, Jean ^a   Courtillot, Vincent ^a  

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

Author keywords

Earth rotation; Paleomagnetism; Polar wander; TPW

Indexed keywords

EARTH ROTATION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMETRY; PALEOMAGNETISM; POLAR WANDERING;

EID: 0013124553     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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