On the construction of geomagnetic timescales from non-prejudicial treatment of magnetic anomaly data from multiple ridges

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 176-182

  Huestis, Stephen P ^a   Acton, Gary D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic reversals; Inverse problem; Magnetic anomalies; Seafloor spreading

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY TIMESCALE; GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY TIMESCALES; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC REVERSALS; SEA FLOOR SPREADING RATE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

EID: 0030857235     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb00947.x     Document Type: Article

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