Geomagnetic field strength during late Miocene: First paleointensity results from Baja California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Goguitchaichvili, Avto ^a   Morales, Juan ^a   Canon Tapia, Edgardo ^b   Negrete, Raquel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Baja California; Miocene; Paleointensity; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MIOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

BAJA CALIFORNIA; MEXICO;

EID: 0038267072     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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