Palaeomagnetic secular variation as a function of intensity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1768, 2000, Pages 1191-1223

  Love, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geodynamo; Geomagnetic secular variation; Geomagnetism; Palaeomagnetism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346112598     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0581     Document Type: Article

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