Inclination shallowing and preferred transitional VGP paths

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 147-157

  Barton, C E ^a   McFadden, P L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Paleomagnetism; Polar wandering; Reversals

Indexed keywords

INCLINATION SHALLOWING; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALAEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENT; VIRTUAL GEOMAGNETIC POLE;

EID: 0030458760     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(96)00025-8     Document Type: Article

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