On the age calibration of the geomagnetic polarity timescale

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-90

  Agrinier, Pierre ^a   Gallet, Yves ^b   Lewin, Eric ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

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

Author keywords

Age calibration; Cenozoic; Geomagnetic reversals; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; TIMESCALE;

EID: 0033008882     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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