Geomagnetic field intensity during the last 5 Myr: LTD-DHT Shaw palaeointensities from volcanic rocks of the Society Islands, French Polynesia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-114

  Yamamoto, Yuhji ^a   Tsunakawa, H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

French Polynesia; LTD DHT Shaw method; Palaeointensity; Society Islands; Thellier method

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; VOLCANIC ROCK;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; SOCIETY ISLANDS; WORLD;

EID: 21644485295     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02651.x     Document Type: Article

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