Relative geomagnetic field intensity and reversals for the last 1.8 My from a central equatorial Pacific core

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3393-3396

  Laj, Carlo ^a   Kissel, Catherine ^a   Gamier, Florence ^a   Herrero Bervera, Emilio ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIZATION; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD INTENSITY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD REVERSAL; MINERAL MAGNETIC ANALYSIS; NORMALIZATION; PALEOINTENSITY;

GEOMAGNETISM;

CAINOZOIC; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC REVERSALS; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

AVERAGE FIELD; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC ANALYSIS; NORMALISATION; RELATIVE PALEOINTENSITY; SAW-TOOTH;

EID: 0030291962     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03261     Document Type: Article

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