Microwave palaeointensity from the R3-N3 geomagnetic field reversal

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-69

  Brown, M C ^a   Shaw, J ^a   Goguitchaichvili, A T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic field; Iceland; Microwave; Palaeointensity; Reversals

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LAVA; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM;

ARCTIC; ESJA; ICELAND;

EID: 33749329848     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03034.x     Document Type: Article

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