Westward drift in secular variation of the main geomagnetic field inferred from IGRF

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 131-137

  Wei, Zi Gang ^a   Xu, Wen Yao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; SECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 20644472672     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351740     Document Type: Article

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