Spherical harmonic analyses of paleomagnetic data: The time-averaged geomagnetic field for the past 5 Myr and the Brunhes-Matuyama reversal

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B3, 1999, Pages 5015-5030

  Shao, J C ^a   Fuller, M ^a   Tanimoto, T ^a,b   Dunn, J R ^a,b   Stone, D B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CENOZOIC; DATA PROCESSING; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; PALEOMAGNETISM; SPHERICAL HARMONICS;

EID: 0033541065     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01354     Document Type: Article

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