Magnetostratigraphic results from the eastern Arctic Ocean: AMS 14C ages and relative palaeointensity data of the Mono Lake and Laschamp geomagnetic reversal excursions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 185-197

  Nowaczyk, Norbert R ^a   Knies, Jochen ^b  

^a GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Brunhes Chron; Geomagnetic reversals; Laschamp excursion; Magnetostratigraphy; Mono Lake excursion

Indexed keywords

BRUNHES CHRON; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; QUATERNARY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034060337     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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