Some characteristics of geomagnetic reversals inferred from detailed volcanic records

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-90

  Valet, Jean Pierre ^a   Herrero Bervera, Emilio ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Geodynamo; Geomagnetic reversals; Geomagnetism; Lava flows; Paleomagnetism; Paleosecular variation; Rock magnetism

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 0037220276     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0713(03)00005-1     Document Type: Article

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