Over how much time should the geomagnetic field be averaged to obtain the mean-palaeomagnetic field?

Terra Nova

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 239-243

  Carlut, J ^a,b   Courtillot, V ^a   Hulot, G ^a  

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

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; PALEOMAGNETISM; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0033501638     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1999.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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