Information content and K-entropy of the present geomagnetic field

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 269-275

  De Santis, Angelo ^a,b   Tozzi, Roberta ^a   Gaya Piqué, Luis R ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c CSIC URL Observatorio de Fisica Cosmica del Ebro OE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic field; Geomagnetic reversals; Information theory; Kolmogorov entropy

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 1142268961     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00681-2     Document Type: Article

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