Archaeomagnetic secular variation in Germany during the past 2500 years

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 479-490

  Schnepp, Elisabeth ^a,c   Lanos, Philippe ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Archaeomagnetism; Bayesian statistics; France; Germany; Secular variation

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; GEOMAGNETISM; MODELING; SECULAR VARIATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745287836     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02734.x     Document Type: Article

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