The last two geomagnetic polarity reversals recorded in high- deposition-rate sediment drifts

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6652, 1997, Pages 712-715

  Channell, J E T ^a   Lehman, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOUNDARY LAYER; DRY DEPOSITION; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030726769     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/39570     Document Type: Article

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