The direction - correction tilt test: An all-purpose tilt/fold test for paleomagnetic studies

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 151-166

  Enkin, Randolph J ^a  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fold test; Paleomagnetism; Spherical statistics; Tilt test

Indexed keywords

FOLDING; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 0037624075     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00238-3     Document Type: Article

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