Toward an optimal geomagnetic field intensity determination technique

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Yu, Yongjae ^a   Tauxe, Lisa ^a   Genevey, Agnès ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Paleointensity; PTRM; PTRM tail; Theillier; TRM

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646030335     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000630     Document Type: Article

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