Some new approaches to the study of the earth's magnetic field reversals

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 661-670

  De Michelis, Paola ^a   Consolini, Giuseppe ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earth's magnetic field; Geomagnetic reversals; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 2042526028     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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