How many paleointensity determinations are required from a single lava flow to constitute a reliable average?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Biggin, A J ^a   Bohnel H N ^a   Zuniga F R ^a  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; MICROWAVES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LAVA FLOW;

GEOPHYSICS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042412147     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017146     Document Type: Article

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