Relative geomagnetic paleointensity across the Jaramillo subchron and the Matuyama/Brunhes boundary

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 467-470

  Verosub, Kenneth L ^a   Herrero Bervera, Emilio ^b   Roberts, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN; FINE SCALE FEATURES; HIGH AMPLITUDES; PALEOINTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; REMAGNETIZATION; SAWTOOTH PATTERN; SEDIMENT CORE;

GEOMAGNETISM;

GEOMAGNETIC REVERSAL; INTENSITY; JARAMILLO SUBCHRON; MATUYAMA/BRUNHES BOUNDARY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; RELATIVE GEOMAGNETIC PALEOINTENSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0029775336     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00454     Document Type: Article

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