Distribution analysis of errors due to relocation of geomagnetic data using the 'Conversion via Pole' (CVP) method: Implications on archaeomagnetic data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 448-454

  Casas, Lluis ^a,b   Incoronato, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archaeomagnetism; Geomagnetism; Magnetic dating

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC METHOD; SECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 34247233323     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03346.x     Document Type: Article

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