Asymmetry in the reversal rate before and after the Cretaceous Normal Polarity Superchron

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 43-47

  McFadden, P L ^a   Merrill, R T ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; Dynamos; Paleomagnetism; Reversals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039349622     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00061-7     Document Type: Article

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