K-Ar ages of the Auckland geomagnetic excursions

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 283-288

  Mochizuki, Nobutatsu ^a   Tsunakawa, Hideo ^a   Shibuya, Hidetoshi ^b   Tagami, Takahiro ^c   Ozawa, Ayako ^c   Cassidy, John ^d   Smith, Ian ^d  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Auckland geomagnetic excursion; Auckland volcanic field; K Ar age

Indexed keywords

PALEOMAGNETISM;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WORLD;

EID: 20644450808     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353410     Document Type: Article

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