A rock- and paleomagnetic study of a Holocene lava flow in Central Mexico

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 259-272

  Vlag, P ^a   Alva Valdivia, L ^b   De Boer, C B ^c   Gonzalez, S ^d   Urrutia Fucugauchi, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lavas; Mexico; Paleointensities; Rock magnetism

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC MINERAL; PALEOMAGNETISM;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033994766     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00158-2     Document Type: Article

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