Uniqueness of mainly dipolar magnetic fields recovered from directional data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 347-354

  Hulot, G ^a   Khokhlov, A ^a,b   Le Mouel J L ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Archaeomagnetism; Geomagnetism; Gravity

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOMAGNETISM; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GRAVITY;

EID: 0030769295     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01587.x     Document Type: Article

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