A view into the Cretaceous geomagnetic field from analysis of gabbros and submarine glasses

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Granot, Roi ^a   Tauxe, Lisa ^a   Gee, Jeffrey S ^a   Ron, Hagai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cretaceous normal polarity superchron; geomagnetic field; paleointensity; paleomagnetism; Troodos ophiolite

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS NORMAL POLARITY SUPERCHRON; PALEOINTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; TROODOS OPHIOLITE;

DIPOLE MOMENT; GLASS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

CRETACEOUS; CYCLICITY; GABBRO; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 33847675918     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.12.028     Document Type: Article

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