Paleointensity applications to timing and extent of eruptive activity, 9°-10°N East Pacific rise

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Bowles, Julie ^a   Gee, Jeffrey S ^a   Kent, Dennis V ^b,c   Perfit, Michael R ^d   Soule, S Adam ^e   Fornari, Daniel J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

1521 Geomagnetism and paleomagnetism: Paleointensity; 1527 Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism: Paleomagnetism applied to geologic processes; 3035 Marine geology and geophysics: Midocean ridge processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847666846     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001141     Document Type: Article

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