Preferred VGP paths during geomagnetic polarity reversals: symmetry considerations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1079-1082

  Gubbins, David ^a   Love, J J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; TECTONICS; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

MAGNETIC FLUX REVERSAL; POLEWARD FLUX MIGRATION; VIRTUAL GEOMAGNETIC POLES (VGP); ANTI-SYMMETRIC; CORE SURFACES; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY REVERSAL; SYMMETRY CONSIDERATION;

GEOMAGNETISM;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; POLARITY REVERSAL; POLE POSITION;

EID: 0032047257     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00711     Document Type: Article

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