40Ar/39 ages and palaeomagnetism of transitionally magnetized volcanic rocks in the Society Islands, French Polynesia: Raiatea excursion in the upper-Gauss Chron

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-59

  Yamamoto, Y ^a   Ishizuka, O ^b   Sudo, M ^c   Uto, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Geomagnetic excursion; Palaeointensity

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; VOLCANIC ROCK;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); POLYNESIA; SOCIETY ISLANDS;

EID: 34147100191     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03277.x     Document Type: Article

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