Variations in the geomagnetic dipole moment over the last 12000 years

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 158-162

  Yang, S ^a   Odah, H ^b   Shaw, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Archaeomagnetism; Geomagnetism; Palaeointensity; Secular variation

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0034015347     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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