Paleointensity variations of Earth's magnetic field and their relationship with polarity reversals

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 115-128

  Pelletier, Jon D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency; Intensity; Magnetic field

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL;

EID: 0343819783     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00140-X     Document Type: Article

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