Increasing the efficiency of paleointensity analyses by selection of samples using first-order reversal curve diagrams

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Carvallo, Claire ^a,b   Roberts, Andrew P ^a   Leonhardt, Roman ^c   Laj, Carlo ^d   Kissel, Catherine ^d   Perrin, Mireille ^d   Camps, Pierre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; HEATING; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; THERMAL ALTERATION;

EID: 34547865423     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004126     Document Type: Article

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