Shallow bias in Mediterranean paleomagnetic directions caused by inclination error

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 685-695

  Krijgsman, Wout ^a,b   Tauxe, Lisa ^b  

^a Paleomagnetic Laboratory Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elongation inclination method; Geocentric axial dipole (GAD) hypothesis; GPS; Inclination error; Paleosecular variation model

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GPS; MAGNETIC INCLINATION; PALEOMAGNETISM;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 2442684448     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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