Secular variation and reversals in a composite 2.5 km thick lava section in central Western Iceland

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 261-276

  Kristjánsson, Leó ^a   Jóhannesson, Haukur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MIOCENE; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; PALEOMAGNETISM;

ICELAND;

EID: 0344172773     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352230     Document Type: Article

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