Plio-Pleistocene time-averaged field in southern Patagonia recorded in lava flows

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Mejia, V ^a   Opdyke, N D ^a   Vilas, J F ^b   Singer, B S ^c   Stoner, J S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Geocentric axial dipole; Lava flow; Paleomagnetic secular variation; Pali Aike Volcanic Field; Patagonia; Time averaged field

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444296544     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000633     Document Type: Article

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