Historical measurements of the Earth's magnetic field compared with remanence directions from lava flows in Italy over the last four centuries

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-107

  Lanza, Roberto ^a   Meloni, Antonio ^b   Tema, Evdokia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Historical magnetic measurements; Secular variation; Thermal remanent magnetization; Volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OBSERVATORIES; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; REMANENCE DIRECTIONS; SECUALR VARIATION (SV) CURVES;

EARTH (PLANET);

LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC FIELD; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SECULAR VARIATION; VOLCANIC ROCK;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 10644263637     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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