Rotation of the geomagnetic field about an optimum pole

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 461-464

  Tank, S Bülent ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Geomagnetism; Secular variation; Westward drift

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; SECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 0034059536     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.2000.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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