Cryptochron C2r.2r-1 recorded 2.51 Ma in the Koolau Volcano at Halawa, Oahu, Hawaii, USA: Paleomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar evidence

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 256-271

  Herrero Bervera, Emilio ^a   Browne, Edward J ^a   Valet, Jean Pierre ^b   Singer, Brad S ^c   Jicha, Brian R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptochron; geomagnetic field; magnetic excursion; paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHRON; MAGNETIC EXCURSION; PALEOMAGNETISM; PSEUDOSINGLE DOMAIN; REVERSED POLARITY; SINGLE DOMAIN;

DEMAGNETIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETITE; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; DEMAGNETIZATION; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VOLCANO;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KOOLAU; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846803872     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.023     Document Type: Article

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