Saw-toothed variations of relative paleointensity and cumulative viscous remanence: Testing the records and the model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 7095-7105

  Meynadier, Laure ^a   Valet, Jean Pierre ^a   Guyodo, Yohan ^a   Richter, Carl ^b  

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

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALAEOINTENSITY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; SAWTOOTH; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0032502567     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03515     Document Type: Article

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