A link between geomagnetic reversals and events and glaciations

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 55-67

  Worm, Horst Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Magnetic field; Milankovitch theory; Paleomagnetism; Reversals

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD REVERSAL; GEOMAGNETIC REVERSAL; GLACIATION; MILANKOVITCH THEORY; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031404671     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00008-3     Document Type: Article

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