Anisotropic paleosecular variation models: Implications for geomagnetic field observables

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-51

  Constable, Catherine G ^a   Johnson, Catherine L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lava; Paleosecular variation; Virtual geomagnetic pole

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; NEOGENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032748529     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00065-5     Document Type: Article

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