On the possible occurrence of 'archaeomagnetic jerks' in the geomagnetic field over the past three millennia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 214, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 237-242

  Gallet, Yves ^a   Genevey, Agnès ^a,b   Courtillot, Vincent ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeomagnetism; Jerks; Middle East; Secular variation; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HOLOCENE; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 0141595327     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00362-5     Document Type: Article

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