A statistical model of the fluctuations in the geomagnetic field from paleosecular variation to reversal

Science

Volumn 273, Issue 5276, 1996, Pages 776-779

  Camps, Pierre ^a   Prévot, Michel ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPOLE; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; VOLCANO;

MAXWELLIA;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; SECULAR VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029663504     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5276.776     Document Type: Article

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39. We thank D. K. Bingham, S. C. Bogue, E. Mankinen, P. Roperch, and H. Shibuya for providing unpublished paleomagnetic data and R. Coe for reviewing the first version of this manuscript. This research was completed while P.C. held the position of postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz, supported by a Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche grant. Contribution CNRS-INSU-DBT "Terre Profonde" 55.