Paleomagnetic volcanic data and geometric regularity of reversals and excursions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 12435-12452

  Love, J J ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LAVA; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 0032503474     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03745     Document Type: Article

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