Holocene paleomagnetic records from the St. Lawrence Estuary, eastern Canada: Centennial- to millennial-scale geomagnetic modulation of cosmogenic isotopes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 113-130

  St Onge, Guillaume ^a   Stoner, Joseph S ^b   Hillaire Marcel, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic isotopes; Holocene; Paleointensity; Paleomagnetism; Secular variations

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION; SEDIMENT CORE;

CANADA; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

EID: 0037446496     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00079-7     Document Type: Article

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