Geomagnetic paleosecular variation for the past 5 Ma in the Society Islands, French Polynesia

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 797-802

  Yamamoto, Yuhji ^a,c   Shimura, K ^a   Tsunakawa, H ^a   Kogiso, T ^b   Uto, K ^c   Barsczus, H G ^d   Oda, H ^c   Yamazaki, T ^c   Kikawa, E ^e  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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PALEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 0041852247     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351733     Document Type: Article

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