Astronomically tuned geomagnetic polarity timescale for the Late Triassic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B6, 1999, Pages 12831-12841

  Kent, Dennis V ^a,b   Olsen, Paul E ^a  

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

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; PALEOMAGNETISM; TIMESCALE; TRIASSIC;

NEWARK BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033542326     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900076     Document Type: Article

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