Marine magnetic anomalies as recorders of geomagnetic intensity variations

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 327-335

  Gee, J ^a   Schneider, D A ^b   Kent, D V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Scientific American   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Brunhes Epoch; Magnetic anomalies; Magnetic intensity; Marine sediments; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

BRUNHES; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; INTENSITY; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALAEOMAGNETISM; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0030439476     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00184-7     Document Type: Article

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