Sawtooth paleointensity and reversals of the geomagnetic field

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 247-252

  McFadden, P L ^a   Merrill, R T ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Geomagnetic field; Reversal chronology; Sawtooth paleointensity

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; DYNAMO THEORY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALAEOINTENSITY; SAWTOOTH PATTERN;

EID: 0031417406     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(97)00036-8     Document Type: Article

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