Paleointensity of the geomagnetic field recovered on archaeomagnetic sites from France

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-136

  Chauvin, A ^a   Garcia, Y ^a   Lanos, Ph ^b   Laubenheimer, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Archeomagnetic sites; Magnetite; Paleointensity

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETITE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

FRANCE;

EID: 0033910651     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(00)00148-5     Document Type: Article

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