Eastward and westward drift of the Earth's magnetic field for the last three millennia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 146-157

  Dumberry, Mathieu ^a   Finlay, Christopher C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

archaeomagnetism; core mantle coupling; eastward and westward drift; geodynamo; geomagnetism; secular variation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOMAGNETISM; CORE-MANTLE BOUDARY; EARTH MAGNETIC FIELD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION;

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX;

GEOLOGY;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEODYNAMO; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33846278033     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.026     Document Type: Article

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