Palaeosecular variation in Central Mexico over the last 30 000 years: The record from lavas

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 201-219

  Gonzalez, Silvia ^a   Sherwood, Graham ^a   Böhnel, Harald ^b   Schnepp, Elisabeth ^c,d  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d Rotenkirchen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic mineralogy; Mexico; Palaeointensity; Palaeomagnetism; Quaternary; Secular variation

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC MINERALOGY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; QUATERNARY; SECULAR VARIATION;

MEXICO;

EID: 0030778524     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb00999.x     Document Type: Article

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