Relative geomagnetic field intensity and reversals from Upper Miocene sections in Crete

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 67-78

  Laj, Carlo ^a   Kissel, Catherine ^b   Lefèvre, Irène ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Crete; Magnetic field; Marls; Paleomagnetism; Reversals; Tortonian

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MIOCENE; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

GREECE, CRETE;

EID: 0030471236     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00073-8     Document Type: Article

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