Timing of volcanism along the northern East Pacific Rise based on paleointensity experiments on basaltic glasses

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Carlut, J ^a,b   Cormier, M H ^b   Kent, D V ^b,c   Donnelly, K E ^b   Langmuir, C H ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EPR; Paleointensity; Ridge

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PALEOMAGNETISM; VOLCANISM;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 3242746731     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002672     Document Type: Article

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