No evidence for strong fields during the R3-N3 Icelandic geomagnetic reversal

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 15-34

  Goguitchaichvili, A T ^a   Prevot M ^a   Camps, P ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Iceland; Intensity; Magnetic field; Paleomagnetism; Reversals

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM;

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EID: 0345465709     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00010-2     Document Type: Article

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