Source of tiny wiggles in Chron C5: A comparison of sedimentary relative intensity and marine magnetic anomalies

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Bowles, Julie ^a   Tauxe, Lisa ^a   Gee, Jeff ^a   McMillan, David ^a   Cande, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine magnetic anomalies; Miocene relative paleointensity; Tiny wiggles

Indexed keywords

EID: 22044457404     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000489     Document Type: Article

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