Centennial to millennial geomagnetic secular variation

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-52

  Korte, Monika ^a   Constable, C G ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeomagnetism; Geomagnetic dipole moment; Geomagnetic field models; Palaeointensity; Palaeosecular variation

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 33749341242     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03088.x     Document Type: Article

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