The intensity of the time-averaged geomagnetic field : The last 5 Myr

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 169-180

  Juarez, M T ^a   Tauxe, L ^a,b  

^a Paleomagnetic Laboratory Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic field; Magnetic intensity; Paleointensity; Paleomagnetism; Secular variations

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLIOCENE; SECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 0034652654     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(99)00306-4     Document Type: Article

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