Structural and temporal requirements for geomagnetic field reversal deduced from lava flows

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7033, 2005, Pages 633-636

  Singer, Brad S ^a   Hoffman, Kenneth A ^b   Coe, Robert S ^c   Brown, Laurie L ^d   Jicha, Brian R ^a   Pringle, Malcolm S ^e   Chauvin, Annick ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; EARTH (PLANET); MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX;

FIELD INTENSITY; GEODYNAMO PROCESS; GEODYNAMO-FLOW; POLARITY SWITCH;

GEOMAGNETISM;

ARGON;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LAVA FLOW; PALEOMAGNETISM;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILE; GEOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; VOLCANO;

EID: 16844371478     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03431     Document Type: Article

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