The geomagnetic field over the past 5 million years

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 315-330

  Kelly, Peter ^a   Gubbins, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geomagnetism; Palaeomagnetism

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY;

EID: 0030793425     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01557.x     Document Type: Article

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