Possible Holocene excursion of the Earth's magnetic field in southern South America: New records from archaeological sites in Argentina

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 175-191

  Nami, Hugo G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Prog de Estud Prehistoricos   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HOLOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0032788965     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352222     Document Type: Article

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