Investigating the reasons for the failure of palaeointensity experiments: A study on historical lava flows from Mt. Etna (Italy)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 44-63

  Calvo, Manuel ^a   Prévot, Michel ^b   Perrin, Mireille ^b   Riisager, Janna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Basalt; Etna; Geomagnetic field; Palaeointensity; Rock magnetism; Transdomain remanence

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC MINERAL; PALEOSEISMICITY; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

ITALY;

EID: 0036241282     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01619.x     Document Type: Article

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