Absolute palaeointensity of Oligocene (28-30 Ma) lava flows from the Kerguelen Archipelago (southern Indian Ocean)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 877-890

  Plenier, G ^a   Camps, P ^a   Coe, R S ^b   Perrin, M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kerguelen Archipelago; Oligocene; Palaeointensity; Paleointensity; PTRM Tail test

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; OLIGOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0141837232     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.02010.x     Document Type: Article

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