Preliminary palaeomagnetic results of an Archaean dolerite dyke of west Greenland: Geomagnetic field intensity at 2.8 Ga

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 585-593

  Morimoto, Chiyo ^a   Otofuji, Yo Ichiro ^a   Miki, Masako ^a   Tanaka, Hidefumi ^b,d   Itaya, Tetsumaru ^c  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaean; Earth's core; Geomagnetic field; Greenland; K Ar age; Palaeomagnetism

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; DYKE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; PALAEOMAGNETISM; POTASSIUM/ARGON DATING;

GREENLAND, NUUK;

EID: 0030820566     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb05320.x     Document Type: Article

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