Transition fields during geomagnetic reversals and their geodynamic significance

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1730, 1997, Pages 1713-1742

  Herrero Bervera, Emilio ^a   Runcorn, S Keith ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3042859515     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1997.0089     Document Type: Article

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