Link between excursions and paleointensity inferred from abnormal field directions recorded at La Palma around 600 ka

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 233-242

  Quidelleur, Xavier ^a,b   Gillot, Pierre Yves ^a   Carlut, Julie ^b   Courtillot, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

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

Author keywords

Absolute age; Brunhes Epoch; Canary Islands; K Ar; La Palma; Matuyama Epoch; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

BRUNHES CHRON; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MATUYAMA CHRON; PALEOMAGNETISM;

CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0033562224     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00061-8     Document Type: Article

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