Why is the remanent magnetic intensity of cretaceous MORB so much higher than that of mid to late cenozoic MORB?

Geosphere

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 138-146

  Wang, Daming ^a   Van der Voo, Rob ^a   Peacor, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient geomagnetic field intensity; Magnetization intensity; Morb; Paleointensity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRETACEOUS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MIOCENE; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; OLIGOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; TERTIARY;

EID: 34250215151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00024.1     Document Type: Article

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