Paleointensity during a chron C26r excursion recorded in west Greenland lava flows

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Riisager, Janna ^a,b   Riisager, Peter ^b,c   Zhao, Xixi ^b   Coe, Robert S ^b   Pedersen, Asger Ken ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Excursions; Geomagnetic paleointensity; Paleocene; Thellier method; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 3242756626     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002887     Document Type: Article

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