Intensity of the Earth's magnetic field in late Archean obtained from diabase dikes of the Slave Province, Canada

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 117, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 295-307

  Yoshihara, Arata ^a   Hamano, Yozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archean; Earth's core; Paleointensity; Paleomagnetism; Slave Province

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CORE (PLANETARY); GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM;

CANADA;

EID: 0033954961     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00103-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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