Stationary and nonstationary behaviour within the geomagnetic polarity time scale

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1875-1878

  Gallet, Y ^a   Hulot, G ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY TIME SCALE; LOWER CRETACEOUS; NONSTATIONARY; SEQUENCE OF EVENTS; SHORT DURATIONS; STATIONARY REGIME;

LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE); GEOMAGNETISM;

GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY TIME SCALE (GPTS); POLARITY INTERVAL LENGTHS;

CAINOZOIC; GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY TIME SCALE; MESOZOIC; NON-STATIONARY BEHAVIOUR; STATIONARY BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0031200942     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01819     Document Type: Article

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