Magnetostratigraphy of the Moyero river section (north-western Siberia): Constraints on geomagnetic reversal frequency during the early Palaeozoic

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-105

  Gallet, Yves ^a   Pavlov, Vladimir ^b  

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

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Magnetostratigraphy; Ordovician; Reversal frequency; Siberia; Superchron

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; GEOMAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; REMAGNETIZATION; SILURIAN;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SIBERIA, MOYERO RIVER;

EID: 0029730150     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb06536.x     Document Type: Article

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