A pseudo-Thellier relative palaeointensity record, and rock magnetic and geochemical parameters in relation to climate during the last 276 kyr in the Azores region

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 757-770

  Kruiver, P P ^a   Kok, Y S ^a   Dekkers, M J ^a   Langereis, C G ^a   Laj, C ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Climate; Fuzzy cluster analysis; Pseudo Thellier; Relative palaeointensity; Rock magnetism

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; QUATERNARY;

AZORES;

EID: 0032945205     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00777.x     Document Type: Article

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