Secular variation record of the Earth's magnetic field in Italy during the Holocene: Constraints for the construction of a master curve

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 414-429

  Vigliotti, Luigi ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic secular variation; Palaeointensity; Quaternary; Sediments

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HOLOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 33646039799     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02785.x     Document Type: Article

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