Experimental reassessment of the Shaw paleointensity method using laboratory-induced thermal remanent magnetization

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2002, Pages

  Pan, Yongxin ^a,b   Shaw, John ^b   Zhu, Rixiang ^a   Hill, Mimi J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Paleointensity; Rock magnetic checks; Shaw method; Thermal remanent magnetization

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 0037055354     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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