Geomagnetic field intensity between 70 000 and 130 000 years B.P. from a volcanic sequence on La Réunion, Indian Ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 173-189

  Raïs, Asmae ^a   Laj, Carlo ^a   Surmont, Jérôme ^a   Gillot, Pierre Yves ^a,b   Guillou, Hervé ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetic intensity; Natural remanent magnetism; Paleomagnetism; Piton des Neiges

Indexed keywords

LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETISM; PALAEOINTENSITY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; QUATERNARY;

REUNION;

EID: 0030471623     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(96)00024-6     Document Type: Article

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