Ar/Ar ages from transitionally magnetized lavas on La Palma, Canary Islands, and the geomagnetic instability timescale

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Singer, B S ^a   Relle, M K ^a   Hoffman, K A ^b   Battle, A ^b   Laj, C ^c   Guillou, H ^c   Carracedo, J C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argon argon; Dating; Excursion; Lavas; Paleomagnetism; Reversal

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM;

CANARY ISLANDS; LA PALMA; SPAIN;

EID: 0038218127     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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